NIH funding across 2 recipients · Pennsylvania
Penn State NIH Funding
Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards
Penn State received $183.8M in NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026 across 310 award records at 2 NIH recipients, up 1.7% from FY2025. Counted as one recipient, the group would rank #55 nationally.
Penn State at University Park and the Penn State College of Medicine at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
FY2026 closed on September 30, 2026, but NIH keeps posting that year's awards to RePORTER for several weeks. FY2026 figures reflect records available on October 16, 2026 and may rise slightly at the next refresh.
FY2026 NIH funding
$183.8M
+1.7% vs FY2025
Combined rank
#55
If counted as one NIH recipient · #53 in FY2025
Largest member
55%
Pennsylvania State University, $100.3M
Awards · new projects
310
81 new Type 1 projects in FY2026
Penn State NIH funding by institution, FY2026
NIH records each of these organizations as its own recipient. Ranks are each member's own national rank; follow a name for its full profile.
| Institution | FY2026 | Share | vs FY2025 | Awards | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA | $100.3M | 54.6% | +11.4% | 173 | #86 |
| Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterHershey, PA | $83.5M | 45.4% | −8.0% | 137 | #98 |
| Subtotal | $183.8M | +1.7% | 310 |
Combined NIH funding, FY2022–FY2026
The group received $825.0M in NIH awards over these five fiscal years. Annual funding moved +25.6% from FY2022 to FY2026.
| Year | Funding | Change | Awards | Combined rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $183.8M | +1.7% | 310 | #55 |
| FY2025 | $180.7M | +11.3% | 320 | #53 |
| FY2024 | $162.4M | +6.9% | 352 | #64 |
| FY2023 | $152.0M | +3.9% | 359 | #66 |
| FY2022 | $146.2M | — | 355 | #65 |
NIH institutes funding Penn State, FY2026
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) administered the most, $25.2M across 59 awards.
- NIGMS · National Institute of General Medical Sciences$25.2M · 13.7%
59 awards · vs FY2025: +3.6%
- NIA · National Institute on Aging$19.0M · 10.4%
20 awards · vs FY2025: −2.5%
- NIAID · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases$18.2M · 9.9%
35 awards · vs FY2025: +15.5%
- NHLBI · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute$16.4M · 8.9%
28 awards · vs FY2025: +11.3%
- NIDA · National Institute on Drug Abuse$15.8M · 8.6%
21 awards · vs FY2025: −5.9%
- NIDDK · National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases$14.7M · 8.0%
20 awards · vs FY2025: +9.5%
- NIMH · National Institute of Mental Health$12.4M · 6.7%
17 awards · vs FY2025: +17.4%
- NCI · National Cancer Institute$11.4M · 6.2%
21 awards · vs FY2025: +24.0%
- NINDS · National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke$8.4M · 4.6%
16 awards · vs FY2025: −13.1%
- NCATS · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences$7.9M · 4.3%
4 awards · vs FY2025: +6.2%
Also: NICHD $7.0M · NIEHS $5.7M · NIAAA $3.3M · NHGRI $3.2M · NIDCD $2.7M · NIDCR $2.6M · NIAMS $2.3M · NIBIB $1.9M · OD $1.8M · NINR $1.4M · NEI $1.0M · NCCIH $826K · NIMHD $646K
Award mechanism mix
Share of NIH award dollars by activity-code family in FY2026, with the FY2022 share for comparison. R01-equivalent research grants were 50.6% of funding.
- R01-equivalent50.6% · FY22 61.8%
- Other research (R)21.0% · FY22 18.4%
- Cooperative agreements (U)20.7% · FY22 13.7%
- Institutional training (T)2.2% · FY22 2.5%
- Other2.0% · FY22 0.3%
- Career development (K)1.8% · FY22 2.1%
- Centers & program projects (P)1.3% · FY22 0.5%
- Fellowships (F)0.5% · FY22 0.8%
Top activity codes across Penn State, FY2026
| Code | Awards | Funding | Share | Average award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R01 | 149 | $89.8M | 48.9% | $603K |
| R35 | 45 | $20.6M | 11.2% | $457K |
| U24 | 5 | $13.5M | 7.3% | $2.7M |
| R21 | 25 | $7.5M | 4.1% | $301K |
| U01 | 4 | $6.7M | 3.6% | $1.7M |
| UH3 | 4 | $6.6M | 3.6% | $1.7M |
| T32 | 10 | $4.0M | 2.2% | $398K |
| UM1 | 1 | $3.9M | 2.1% | $3.9M |
| U54 | 1 | $3.9M | 2.1% | $3.9M |
| RM1 | 1 | $3.8M | 2.1% | $3.8M |
| U19 | 1 | $3.5M | 1.9% | $3.5M |
| OT2 | 1 | $3.1M | 1.7% | $3.1M |
Largest FY2026 awards
The biggest single award records across all members, linked to NIH RePORTER.
- THE NIH Open Measures Network Initiative (OMNI): Evaluating and Advancing Cognitive Measures for AD/ADRD Prevention Trials (opens NIH RePORTER)
Pennsylvania State University · 5U24AG092760-02 · NIA
$7.9MU24
- Use of a GLP-1 Agonist to Treat Opioid Use Disorder in Rats and Man (opens NIH RePORTER)
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · 5UH3DA050325-05 · NIDA
$4.1MUH3
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (opens NIH RePORTER)
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · 1UM1TR006339-01 · NCATS
$3.9MUM1
- Penn State TCORS: Tobacco Product Composition Effects on Toxicity and Addiction (opens NIH RePORTER)
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · 5U54DA058271-04 · NIDA
$3.9MU54
- Cross Scale Interrogation of NPD Genes (SING) in mice (opens NIH RePORTER)
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · 5RM1MH138309-02 · NIMH
$3.8MRM1
- Advancing Mobile Monitoring of Intraindividual Change in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: Building an Open and Accessible Infrastructure (opens NIH RePORTER)
Pennsylvania State University · 1U19AG087932-01A1 · NIA
$3.5MU19
Recently started projects
Recent new (Type 1) FY2026 awards across members, by notice date.
- Mechanisms Underlying Emergence and Progression of Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia (opens NIH RePORTER)
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · 1R01CA304170-01A1 · NCI · Notice Sep 17, 2026
$633KR01
- Fine Mapping and Phenotypic Association of Chromosome 18 CNVs in the Gabriela Miller Kids First Pediatrics Research Program (opens NIH RePORTER)
Pennsylvania State University · 1R03HD120869-01A1 · NICHD · Notice Sep 17, 2026
$289KR03
- Integrative Dissection of the Genetic Basis for Lipid Subfractions Across Age Groups and Environment (opens NIH RePORTER)
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · 1R21HL184313-01A1 · NHLBI · Notice Sep 17, 2026
$254KR21
- CardioPredict ML: Machine Learning-enhanced Cardiovascular Risk Assessment for Preconception Care (opens NIH RePORTER)
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · 1R21HL184290-01A1 · NHLBI · Notice Sep 17, 2026
$233KR21
- Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2-Mediated Disruption of Trophoblast Dynamics (opens NIH RePORTER)
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · 1K99HD119264-01A1 · NICHD · Notice Sep 17, 2026
$125KK99
- Specialized Pro-Resolving Mediators, ADRD Biomarkers, and Sleep: A Multilevel Investigation of Cognitive Health in the Einstein Aging Study (opens NIH RePORTER)
Pennsylvania State University · 1K23AG088471-01A1 · NIA · Notice Sep 16, 2026
$206KK23
Other university and health systems
- Harvard University$2.04B
- Mass General Brigham$1.11B
- University of California$2.57B
- University of Texas System$1.14B
- Mayo Clinic$409.0M
- Columbia University$627.1M
- Cornell University$455.8M
- New York University$545.0M
- Vanderbilt University and VUMC$501.8M
- Texas A&M University System$103.3M
- State University of New York$256.6M
- University of Massachusetts$262.4M
- University of Colorado$429.7M
- University of Illinois System$251.0M
- University System of Maryland$272.2M
- Boston University$258.2M
- Tufts University$126.5M
- Indiana University$304.4M
- Rutgers University$265.0M
- University of Miami$209.4M
- University of Connecticut$89.6M
- University of Kansas$134.4M
- Louisiana State University System$88.6M
About these numbers
Source: the public NIH RePORTER API, refreshed October 16, 2026. See our data methodology.
- Which organizationsGotGrant groups these NIH recipient organization codes by hand. NIH does not publish system totals, so other sources may draw the boundary differently.
- Combined rankWhere the group's total would place among individual NIH recipients outside the group. NIH itself ranks each recipient separately.
- No double countingEach award has one prime recipient, so member totals add up without overlap. Subawards stay with the prime recipient, and subprojects of multi-project awards are excluded.
- What is countedTotal award amount (direct plus indirect) obligated in each fiscal year, excluding intramural research and interagency agreements.