NIH funding across 5 recipients · Massachusetts
UMass NIH Funding
University of Massachusetts
Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards
University of Massachusetts received $262.4M in NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026 across 484 award records at 5 NIH recipients, up 4.6% from FY2025. Counted as one recipient, the group would rank #39 nationally.
The five University of Massachusetts campuses, including UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester.
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
$262.4M
+4.6% vs FY2025
Combined rank
#39
If counted as one NIH recipient · #39 in FY2025
Largest member
73%
UMass Chan Medical School, $190.3M
Awards · new projects
484
123 new Type 1 projects in FY2026
UMass 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMass Chan Medical SchoolWorcester, MA | $190.3M | 72.5% | +0.2% | 347 | #50 |
| University of Massachusetts AmherstHadley, MA | $52.7M | 20.1% | +26.4% | 97 | #138 |
| University of Massachusetts LowellLowell, MA | $12.7M | 4.8% | +29.0% | 24 | #275 |
| University of Massachusetts BostonBoston, MA | $6.5M | 2.5% | −28.9% | 15 | #377 |
| University of Massachusetts DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, MA | $249K | 0.1% | 0.0% | 1 | #2160 |
| Subtotal | $262.4M | +4.6% | 484 |
Combined NIH funding, FY2022–FY2026
The group received $1.25B in NIH awards over these five fiscal years. Annual funding moved +10.7% from FY2022 to FY2026.
| Year | Funding | Change | Awards | Combined rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $262.4M | +4.6% | 484 | #39 |
| FY2025 | $250.8M | −1.0% | 477 | #39 |
| FY2024 | $253.3M | +2.2% | 506 | #41 |
| FY2023 | $248.0M | +4.6% | 530 | #41 |
| FY2022 | $237.1M | — | 510 | #41 |
NIH institutes funding UMass, FY2026
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) administered the most, $48.5M across 93 awards.
- NIGMS · National Institute of General Medical Sciences$48.5M · 18.5%
93 awards · vs FY2025: +19.1%
- NIAID · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases$37.2M · 14.2%
76 awards · vs FY2025: −11.2%
- NIA · National Institute on Aging$26.7M · 10.2%
39 awards · vs FY2025: +36.7%
- NHLBI · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute$20.4M · 7.8%
34 awards · vs FY2025: −9.2%
- NINDS · National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke$17.6M · 6.7%
35 awards · vs FY2025: −20.8%
- NCI · National Cancer Institute$17.5M · 6.7%
42 awards · vs FY2025: +9.2%
- NICHD · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development$14.3M · 5.4%
32 awards · vs FY2025: +17.3%
- NIDDK · National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases$13.8M · 5.3%
24 awards · vs FY2025: −0.5%
- NIDA · National Institute on Drug Abuse$10.4M · 4.0%
18 awards · vs FY2025: −5.5%
- NIMH · National Institute of Mental Health$9.4M · 3.6%
17 awards · vs FY2025: +7.6%
Also: NCATS $7.2M · NINR $6.7M · NIAMS $5.6M · OD $5.3M · NIBIB $5.2M · NHGRI $3.7M · NIEHS $3.4M · NIAAA $3.0M · NIDCR $2.7M · NLM $1.0M · NIMHD $958K · NCCIH $734K · NIDCD $621K · NEI $438K
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 52.0% of funding.
- R01-equivalent52.0% · FY22 55.4%
- Other research (R)25.7% · FY22 18.6%
- Cooperative agreements (U)10.1% · FY22 14.3%
- Centers & program projects (P)7.0% · FY22 5.0%
- Career development (K)1.8% · FY22 2.0%
- Institutional training (T)1.7% · FY22 1.7%
- Fellowships (F)0.9% · FY22 0.6%
- Contracts (N)0.5% · FY22 0.7%
- Other0.1% · FY22 1.7%
Top activity codes across UMass, FY2026
| Code | Awards | Funding | Share | Average award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R01 | 199 | $130.4M | 49.7% | $655K |
| R35 | 70 | $36.2M | 13.8% | $517K |
| R21 | 31 | $10.9M | 4.1% | $351K |
| U01 | 15 | $8.7M | 3.3% | $580K |
| P01 | 3 | $8.2M | 3.1% | $2.7M |
| UM1 | 1 | $6.0M | 2.3% | $6.0M |
| R24 | 8 | $5.1M | 2.0% | $640K |
| P30 | 1 | $4.9M | 1.9% | $4.9M |
| T32 | 8 | $4.1M | 1.5% | $508K |
| U24 | 4 | $3.2M | 1.2% | $800K |
| P50 | 1 | $3.2M | 1.2% | $3.2M |
| RM1 | 2 | $3.0M | 1.1% | $1.5M |
Largest FY2026 awards
The biggest single award records across all members, linked to NIH RePORTER.
- CTSA Program at University of Massachusetts (opens NIH RePORTER)
UMass Chan Medical School · 1UM1TR005454-01A1 · NCATS
$6.0MUM1
- Massachusetts AI and Technology Center for Connected Care in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (MAITC) (opens NIH RePORTER)
University of Massachusetts Amherst · 2P30AG073107-06 · NIA
$4.9MP30
- Examining the Effectiveness of School-based Health Centers (SBHCs) to Improve Pediatric Asthma Care (opens NIH RePORTER)
UMass Chan Medical School · 1R01NR021257-01A1 · NINR
$3.9MR01
- The Center for Accelerating Practices to End Suicide through Technology Translation (CAPES) (opens NIH RePORTER)
UMass Chan Medical School · 5P50MH129701-04 · NIMH
$3.2MP50
- Models and Gene Therapies for AAT Deficiency (opens NIH RePORTER)
UMass Chan Medical School · 2P01HL158506-06 · NHLBI
$2.9MP01
- Multimodal microbe-mediated therapies for synergistic treatment of triple negative breast cancer (opens NIH RePORTER)
University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1P01CA300738-01A1 · NCI
$2.7MP01
Recently started projects
Recent new (Type 1) FY2026 awards across members, by notice date.
- Age-related changes in spatiotemporal dynamics of propagating neural oscillations during sleep and relations to memory consolidation (opens NIH RePORTER)
University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1R01AG102844-01 · NIA · Notice Sep 17, 2026
$547KR01
- Botulinum toxin blockade of neuronal signals to immune cells as a novel treatment for hidradenitis suppurativa (opens NIH RePORTER)
UMass Chan Medical School · 1R61AR087105-01A1 · NIAMS · Notice Sep 11, 2026
$975KR61
- STEP-ED: Skills To Enhance Positivity in Emergency Departments (opens NIH RePORTER)
University of Massachusetts Amherst · 1R01MH140990-01A1 · NIMH · Notice Sep 11, 2026
$805KR01
- Metal Exposures and Genetic Risk with Incident Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in the Framingham Heart Study (opens NIH RePORTER)
UMass Chan Medical School · 1R01AG096794-01A1 · NIA · Notice Sep 8, 2026
$850KR01
- Investigating mechanisms of protein interaction hubs in vivo (opens NIH RePORTER)
UMass Chan Medical School · 1R35GM161417-01 · NIGMS · Notice Sep 8, 2026
$461KR35
- Protein Interactions via Short Peptide Binding Motifs (opens NIH RePORTER)
UMass Chan Medical School · 1R35GM163698-01 · NIGMS · Notice Sep 8, 2026
$461KR35
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 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.