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University of Texas System NIH Funding

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Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards

University of Texas System received $1.14B in NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026 across 2,001 award records at 14 NIH recipients, down 1.4% from FY2025. Counted as one recipient, the group would rank #1 nationally.

University of Texas System academic and health institutions with NIH awards. The University of North Texas Health Science Center belongs to the separate UNT System and is not included.

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

$1.14B

−1.4% vs FY2025

Combined rank

#1

If counted as one NIH recipient · #1 in FY2025

Largest member

27%

UT Southwestern Medical Center, $309.0M

Awards · new projects

2,001

493 new Type 1 projects in FY2026

University of Texas System 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.

University of Texas System NIH funding by member, FY2026
InstitutionFY2026U.S. rank
UT Southwestern Medical CenterDallas, TX$309.0M#30
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterHouston, TX$201.8M#45
UTHealth HoustonHouston, TX$186.2M#53
UT Health San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$131.4M#69
University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX$110.7M#80
University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonGalveston, TX$103.3M#82
University of Texas at DallasRichardson, TX$44.3M#158
University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, TX$16.9M#246
University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, TX$11.9M#283
University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, TX$9.3M#313
University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$8.3M#331
University of Texas Health Science Center at TylerTyler, TX$4.7M#429
University of Texas at TylerTyler, TX$250K#2157
University of Texas Permian BasinOdessa, TX——
Subtotal$1.14B

Combined NIH funding, FY2022–FY2026

The group received $5.53B in NIH awards over these five fiscal years. Annual funding moved +11.7% from FY2022 to FY2026.

University of Texas System combined NIH funding and rank by fiscal year
YearFundingAwardsCombined rank
FY2026$1.14B2,001#1
FY2025$1.15B2,081#1
FY2024$1.14B2,265#1
FY2023$1.07B2,243#1
FY2022$1.02B2,145#1

NIH institutes funding University of Texas System, FY2026

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) administered the most, $280.1M across 437 awards.

  1. NCI$280.1M · 24.6%

    437 awards · vs FY2025: −3.4%

  2. NIA$134.9M · 11.9%

    190 awards · vs FY2025: +8.6%

  3. NIAID$98.9M · 8.7%

    180 awards · vs FY2025: −18.0%

  4. NIGMS$98.4M · 8.6%

    228 awards · vs FY2025: −6.4%

  5. NINDS$87.5M · 7.7%

    175 awards · vs FY2025: +3.4%

  6. NHLBI$72.1M · 6.3%

    145 awards · vs FY2025: −10.9%

  7. NIDDK$68.0M · 6.0%

    134 awards · vs FY2025: +5.5%

  8. NIMH$46.2M · 4.1%

    70 awards · vs FY2025: +6.7%

  9. NICHD$35.5M · 3.1%

    78 awards · vs FY2025: +20.8%

  10. NIDA$27.7M · 2.4%

    52 awards · vs FY2025: −31.2%

Also: OD $27.0M · NCATS $24.4M · NIDCR $20.9M · NIAAA $18.4M · NIMHD $17.2M · NIAMS $15.8M · NEI $15.2M · NIDCD $9.7M · NHGRI $9.6M · NIBIB $9.4M · NIEHS $9.3M · NINR $5.3M · NLM $3.2M · NCCIH $3.0M · FIC $541K

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 57.1% of funding.

  • R01-equivalent57.1% · FY22 52.7%
  • Cooperative agreements (U)15.0% · FY22 19.9%
  • Other research (R)14.7% · FY22 12.6%
  • Centers & program projects (P)6.7% · FY22 7.2%
  • Career development (K)2.3% · FY22 2.4%
  • Contracts (N)1.6% · FY22 0.8%
  • Institutional training (T)1.4% · FY22 1.9%
  • Other0.8% · FY22 2.1%
  • Fellowships (F)0.4% · FY22 0.4%

Top activity codes across University of Texas System, FY2026

University of Texas System NIH funding by activity code, fiscal year 2026
CodeAwardsFunding
R011,007$603.0M
R35178$87.5M
U0168$45.7M
R21119$37.7M
P3014$31.3M
P0115$28.6M
UM17$23.8M
U5415$20.7M
U195$20.5M
RF17$18.1M
N0112$17.8M
T3252$15.9M

Largest FY2026 awards

The biggest single award records across all members, linked to NIH RePORTER.

Recently started projects

Recent new (Type 1) FY2026 awards across members, by notice date.

Other university and health systems

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.

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