NIH funding across 5 recipients · New Jersey
Rutgers NIH Funding
Rutgers University
Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards
Rutgers University received $265.0M in NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026 across 497 award records at 5 NIH recipients, down 2.1% from FY2025. Counted as one recipient, the group would rank #38 nationally.
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and the New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden campuses.
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
$265.0M
−2.1% vs FY2025
Combined rank
#38
If counted as one NIH recipient · #38 in FY2025
Largest member
80%
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, $212.1M
Awards · new projects
497
123 new Type 1 projects in FY2026
Rutgers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers Biomedical and Health SciencesNewark, NJ | $212.1M | 80.0% | −0.5% | 378 | #43 |
| Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyPiscataway, NJ | $43.3M | 16.3% | −2.5% | 98 | #159 |
| Rutgers University–NewarkNewark, NJ | $7.4M | 2.8% | −35.2% | 15 | #355 |
| Rutgers University–CamdenCamden, NJ | $2.3M | 0.9% | +19.9% | 6 | #592 |
| Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (New Brunswick)New Brunswick, NJ | — | 0.0% | — | 0 | — |
| Subtotal | $265.0M | −2.1% | 497 |
Combined NIH funding, FY2022–FY2026
The group received $1.18B in NIH awards over these five fiscal years. Annual funding moved +93.5% from FY2022 to FY2026.
| Year | Funding | Change | Awards | Combined rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $265.0M | −2.1% | 497 | #38 |
| FY2025 | $270.8M | +7.3% | 516 | #38 |
| FY2024 | $252.4M | +0.2% | 500 | #41 |
| FY2023 | $251.9M | +83.9% | 506 | #40 |
| FY2022 | $137.0M | — | 292 | #68 |
NIH institutes funding Rutgers, FY2026
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) administered the most, $42.0M across 67 awards.
- NCI · National Cancer Institute$42.0M · 15.8%
67 awards · vs FY2025: +11.4%
- NIAID · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases$41.3M · 15.6%
60 awards · vs FY2025: −8.1%
- NIGMS · National Institute of General Medical Sciences$32.4M · 12.2%
69 awards · vs FY2025: +4.1%
- NIA · National Institute on Aging$20.9M · 7.9%
35 awards · vs FY2025: +25.0%
- NINDS · National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke$20.5M · 7.7%
38 awards · vs FY2025: +53.5%
- NIDA · National Institute on Drug Abuse$17.7M · 6.7%
37 awards · vs FY2025: +8.0%
- NIDDK · National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases$15.4M · 5.8%
32 awards · vs FY2025: +13.8%
- NHLBI · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute$15.0M · 5.7%
33 awards · vs FY2025: −1.8%
- NICHD · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development$12.1M · 4.6%
31 awards · vs FY2025: −19.6%
- NIMH · National Institute of Mental Health$11.6M · 4.4%
24 awards · vs FY2025: −48.9%
Also: NIEHS $10.3M · NCATS $6.9M · NIMHD $4.1M · OD $2.8M · NIAAA $2.8M · NIDCD $2.2M · NIDCR $2.0M · NIAMS $1.7M · NLM $741K · FIC $674K · NCCIH $642K · NIBIB $578K · NINR $413K · NEI $222K
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 62.1% of funding.
- R01-equivalent62.1% · FY22 58.5%
- Other research (R)17.2% · FY22 11.1%
- Cooperative agreements (U)12.3% · FY22 18.7%
- Career development (K)2.8% · FY22 3.0%
- Centers & program projects (P)2.1% · FY22 4.0%
- Institutional training (T)1.5% · FY22 2.1%
- Other1.1% · FY22 0.2%
- Fellowships (F)0.6% · FY22 0.6%
- Contracts (N)0.4% · FY22 1.9%
Top activity codes across Rutgers, FY2026
| Code | Awards | Funding | Share | Average award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R01 | 248 | $148.4M | 56.0% | $598K |
| R35 | 45 | $19.6M | 7.4% | $436K |
| U01 | 9 | $12.9M | 4.9% | $1.4M |
| RF1 | 7 | $12.8M | 4.8% | $1.8M |
| R21 | 29 | $9.1M | 3.4% | $313K |
| R00 | 30 | $7.1M | 2.7% | $238K |
| P30 | 3 | $5.7M | 2.1% | $1.9M |
| UM1 | 1 | $5.6M | 2.1% | $5.6M |
| UH3 | 4 | $4.5M | 1.7% | $1.1M |
| UC7 | 1 | $3.8M | 1.4% | $3.8M |
| T32 | 7 | $3.4M | 1.3% | $489K |
| R37 | 6 | $3.3M | 1.2% | $552K |
Largest FY2026 awards
The biggest single award records across all members, linked to NIH RePORTER.
- NJ ACTS: A Platform for Translational Science in New Jersey (opens NIH RePORTER)
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences · 5UM1TR004789-03 · NCATS
$5.6MUM1
- PDB Management by the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (opens NIH RePORTER)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · 5R01GM157729-03 · NIGMS
$3.9MR01
- TB-RICC 3.0 (opens NIH RePORTER)
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences · 5U01AI174268-04 · NIAID
$3.9MU01
- Resources, Workforce Development, and Animal Models for the Rutgers RBL (opens NIH RePORTER)
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences · 5UC7AI180307-04 · NIAID
$3.8MUC7
- Rutgers Center of Excellence in Rapid Surveillance of Tobacco (opens NIH RePORTER)
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences · 5U01CA278695-04 · NCI
$3.8MU01
- Using real-world data to inform the epidemiology of cardiometabolic conditions and their treatment among older adults with HIV (opens NIH RePORTER)
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences · 1RF1AG099751-01 · NIA
$3.7MRF1
Recently started projects
Recent new (Type 1) FY2026 awards across members, by notice date.
- Stem- and Paneth cell-specific CD74 functions control gut immune responses (opens NIH RePORTER)
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences · 1R01DK148717-01 · NIDDK · Notice Sep 29, 2026
$780KR01
- Multisensory decision-making under conditions of normal hearing and hearing loss (opens NIH RePORTER)
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences · 1R21DC023000-01A1 · NIDCD · Notice Sep 19, 2026
$432KR21
- Optimizing lung cancer interventions in a dynamic landscape for tobacco use, early detection, treatment, and survivorship care (opens NIH RePORTER)
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences · 1U01CA319217-01 · NCI · Notice Sep 17, 2026
$1.4MU01
- Playing it Safe in the Sun: A Parent-focused, Social Media-delivered Intervention to Improve Sun Safety for Young Children (opens NIH RePORTER)
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences · 1R01CA311039-01 · NCI · Notice Sep 17, 2026
$674KR01
- Prelimbic to accumbal maladaptations in obesity and semaglutide-induced weight loss (opens NIH RePORTER)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · 1R03DK149009-01 · NIDDK · Notice Sep 14, 2026
$118KR03
- Physiological and Pathological Insights into TREM2-CTF Cleavage by γ-Secretase in Alzheimer’s Disease (opens NIH RePORTER)
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences · 1K99AG097938-01A1 · NIA · Notice Sep 11, 2026
$126KK99
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
- Penn State$183.8M
- 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
- 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.