NIH funding across 2 recipients · Kansas
University of Kansas NIH Funding
Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards
University of Kansas received $134.4M in NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026 across 220 award records at 2 NIH recipients, up 3.2% from FY2025. Counted as one recipient, the group would rank #68 nationally.
The University of Kansas Medical Center and the Lawrence campus.
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
$134.4M
+3.2% vs FY2025
Combined rank
#68
If counted as one NIH recipient · #74 in FY2025
Largest member
83%
University of Kansas Medical Center, $111.6M
Awards · new projects
220
56 new Type 1 projects in FY2026
University of Kansas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kansas Medical CenterKansas City, KS | $111.6M | 83.0% | +10.3% | 177 | #79 |
| University of Kansas LawrenceLawrence, KS | $22.8M | 17.0% | −21.6% | 43 | #218 |
| Subtotal | $134.4M | +3.2% | 220 |
Combined NIH funding, FY2022–FY2026
The group received $617.5M in NIH awards over these five fiscal years. Annual funding moved +28.0% from FY2022 to FY2026.
| Year | Funding | Change | Awards | Combined rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $134.4M | +3.2% | 220 | #68 |
| FY2025 | $130.2M | +6.8% | 215 | #74 |
| FY2024 | $121.9M | −3.3% | 232 | #75 |
| FY2023 | $126.0M | +20.0% | 237 | #74 |
| FY2022 | $105.0M | — | 230 | #81 |
NIH institutes funding University of Kansas, FY2026
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) administered the most, $28.2M across 33 awards.
- NIGMS · National Institute of General Medical Sciences$28.2M · 21.0%
33 awards · vs FY2025: −2.6%
- NIA · National Institute on Aging$20.5M · 15.2%
26 awards · vs FY2025: −21.8%
- NCI · National Cancer Institute$14.9M · 11.1%
26 awards · vs FY2025: +12.0%
- OD · NIH Office of the Director$11.2M · 8.3%
5 awards · vs FY2025: +26.8%
- NICHD · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development$10.6M · 7.9%
27 awards · vs FY2025: −2.4%
- NIDDK · National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases$9.9M · 7.3%
21 awards · vs FY2025: +23.0%
- NHLBI · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute$8.1M · 6.0%
16 awards · vs FY2025: +19.8%
- NINDS · National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke$5.3M · 3.9%
10 awards · vs FY2025: +11.4%
- NCATS · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences$5.0M · 3.8%
3 awards · vs FY2025: −0.2%
- NIAID · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases$4.8M · 3.5%
13 awards · vs FY2025: +8.1%
Also: NIAAA $3.8M · NIDA $3.1M · NIDCR $2.0M · NINR $1.8M · NIBIB $1.5M · NIEHS $1.0M · NIMH $1.0M · NIMHD $892K · NIDCD $510K · NIAMS $442K
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 45.4% of funding.
- R01-equivalent45.4% · FY22 47.8%
- Centers & program projects (P)20.8% · FY22 19.8%
- Cooperative agreements (U)13.6% · FY22 9.2%
- Other research (R)12.1% · FY22 15.4%
- Career development (K)3.8% · FY22 4.0%
- Other2.0% · FY22 1.0%
- Institutional training (T)1.7% · FY22 2.3%
- Fellowships (F)0.7% · FY22 0.5%
Top activity codes across University of Kansas, FY2026
| Code | Awards | Funding | Share | Average award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R01 | 94 | $52.6M | 39.1% | $560K |
| P20 | 6 | $16.0M | 11.9% | $2.7M |
| P30 | 4 | $9.6M | 7.1% | $2.4M |
| U24 | 1 | $8.0M | 6.0% | $8.0M |
| RF1 | 2 | $6.5M | 4.8% | $3.3M |
| R35 | 14 | $5.3M | 3.9% | $378K |
| R21 | 14 | $5.2M | 3.9% | $371K |
| UL1 | 1 | $3.7M | 2.7% | $3.7M |
| U01 | 6 | $3.4M | 2.5% | $565K |
| UG1 | 2 | $2.2M | 1.7% | $1.1M |
| R33 | 3 | $2.2M | 1.7% | $740K |
| K12 | 2 | $1.7M | 1.3% | $875K |
Largest FY2026 awards
The biggest single award records across all members, linked to NIH RePORTER.
- Data Coordinating and Operations Center for the ECHO IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network (opens NIH RePORTER)
University of Kansas Medical Center · 5U24OD038400-02 · OD
$8.0MU24
- University of Kansas Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (KU ADRC) (opens NIH RePORTER)
University of Kansas Medical Center · 2P30AG072973-06 · NIA
$4.5MP30
- Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence 5 (opens NIH RePORTER)
University of Kansas Medical Center · 5P20GM103418-26 · NIGMS
$4.0MP20
- Frontiers Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the University of Kansas (opens NIH RePORTER)
University of Kansas Medical Center · 5UL1TR002366-10 · NCATS
$3.7MUL1
- Implementing Scalable Tools in Primary Care for Early Alzheimer’s Disease Detection Across a Health System (opens NIH RePORTER)
University of Kansas Medical Center · 1RF1AG100511-01 · NIA
$3.3MRF1
- Neuro-Energetic and Oxidative Measure of Follow-up Longitudinal Assessment of Moderate Exercise (opens NIH RePORTER)
University of Kansas Medical Center · 1RF1AG091787-01A1 · NIA
$3.3MRF1
Recently started projects
Recent new (Type 1) FY2026 awards across members, by notice date.
- Pathways to Cancer Careers: Empowering Students, Teachers and Communities (opens NIH RePORTER)
University of Kansas Medical Center · 1R25CA314971-01 · NCI · Notice Sep 17, 2026
$432KR25
- Motor-Cognitive Training for Older Adults at Risk of Dementia (opens NIH RePORTER)
University of Kansas Medical Center · 1R56AG099116-01 · NIA · Notice Sep 17, 2026
$288KR56
- A Novel Approach to Alzheimer's: TargetingCholesterol Metabolism in the Liver and Brain (opens NIH RePORTER)
University of Kansas Medical Center · 1K99AG097912-01A1 · NIA · Notice Sep 11, 2026
$124KK99
- Optimization of multi-level approaches in early childhood education settings to improve children’s physical activity (opens NIH RePORTER)
University of Kansas Medical Center · 1R01HD122960-01 · NICHD · Notice Sep 8, 2026
$695KR01
- Dissecting the functional significance of phenotypic heterogeneity during Clostridioides difficile pathogenicity (opens NIH RePORTER)
University of Kansas Medical Center · 1DP2AI201025-01 · NIAID · Notice Sep 8, 2026
$465KDP2
- Improving Genomic-Informed Risk Assessment for Dementia with Mitochondrial Polygenic Scores (opens NIH RePORTER)
University of Kansas Medical Center · 1F30AG097006-01A1 · NIA · Notice Sep 8, 2026
$42KF30
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
- Rutgers University$265.0M
- University of Miami$209.4M
- University of Connecticut$89.6M
- 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.