NIH RePORTER data · Fiscal year 2026

NIH Funding by Institution: FY2026 Rankings

Name: NIH funding by institution, fiscal year 2026
Creator: Dr. Meng Zhao

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

NIH awarded $36.14B to 2,407 universities, medical schools, hospitals, research institutes, and companies in fiscal year 2026. Johns Hopkins University ranked first with $854.5M. Search the full ranking below, filter by state or organization type, and see how each institution moved against the prior year.

FY2026 closed on September 30, 2026, but NIH keeps posting that year's awards to RePORTER for several weeks. Totals reflect records available on October 16, 2026 and may rise slightly at the next refresh.

FY2026 NIH award funding

$36.14B

−2.0% vs FY2025

Institutions funded

2,407

Distinct NIH recipient organizations

Award records

57,110

Subprojects excluded

Top-10 share

19.7%

Top 50 hold 56.8% of funding

Top 15 NIH-funded institutions, FY2026

1
Johns Hopkins University$854.5M
2
University of California, San Francisco$822.6M
3
University of Michigan$760.6M
4
University of Pennsylvania$739.6M
5
Washington University in St. Louis$726.3M
6
Yale University$686.5M
7
Stanford University$665.6M
8
University of Pittsburgh$654.4M
9
Massachusetts General Hospital$637.8M
10
Columbia University Health Sciences$585.6M
11
Duke University$578.8M
12
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$559.6M
13
University of Washington$517.1M
14
Emory University$514.0M
15
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$512.9M

What stands out

Johns Hopkins University led with $854.5M across 1,334 awards and 1,211 investigators; its largest administering institute was NIAID.
The 10 largest recipients took 19.7% of all NIH award dollars, and the top 50 took 56.8%.
Largest dollar gain among the top 100: Research Triangle Institute, up $53.3M (+47.3%) from FY2025.
Largest dollar decline among the top 100: Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., down $279.7M (−73.2%).
California institutions received the most of any state, $5.04B (14.0% of U.S. recipient funding).

Full FY2026 NIH funding ranking

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1,000 institutions · $35.38B in FY2026 NIH funding · table covers the top 1,000 of 2,407 funded institutions

NIH funding by institution, fiscal year 2026, ranked by total award amount
Rank	Institution	FY2026 funding	vs FY2025	Awards	PIs	Top institute
1	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD · Higher education	$854.5M −0.6%	−0.6%	1,334	1,211	NIAID
2	University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA · Higher education	$822.6M −0.2%	−0.2%	1,400	1,207	NIAID
3	University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI · Higher education	$760.6M +4.9%	+4.9% was #5	1,249	1,185	NIA
4	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · Higher education	$739.6M +1.7%	+1.7%	1,222	1,070	NCI
5	Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO · Higher education	$726.3M −0.2%	−0.2% was #3	1,143	997	NIA
6	Yale University New Haven, CT · Higher education	$686.5M +1.1%	+1.1%	1,120	1,017	NIMH
7	Stanford University Stanford, CA · Higher education	$665.6M +3.0%	+3.0% was #8	1,062	907	NCI
8	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA · Higher education	$654.4M −2.1%	−2.1% was #7	1,082	1,068	NIA
9	Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA · Hospital	$637.8M −0.3%	−0.3%	1,000	892	NINDS
10	Columbia University Health Sciences New York, NY · Higher education	$585.6M −0.4%	−0.4% was #11	927	874	NIA
11	Duke University Durham, NC · Higher education	$578.8M −6.9%	−6.9% was #10	899	795	NIAID
12	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC · Higher education	$559.6M +8.8%	+8.8% was #15	904	849	NIAID
13	University of Washington Seattle, WA · Higher education	$517.1M +0.1%	+0.1% was #14	844	806	NIAID
14	Emory University Atlanta, GA · Higher education	$514.0M +0.5%	+0.5% was #16	837	795	NIAID
15	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, NY · Higher education	$512.9M +2.5%	+2.5% was #17	700	604	NCI
16	University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA · Higher education	$505.9M −11.2%	−11.2% was #12	853	787	NIDA
17	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · Higher education	$462.9M −10.7%	−10.7% was #13	759	750	NIAID
18	Northwestern University Chicago, IL · Higher education	$459.4M +12.5%	+12.5% was #21	711	643	NHLBI
19	NYU Grossman School of Medicine New York, NY · Higher education	$455.2M +3.8%	+3.8%	603	560	NCI
20	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Higher education	$447.9M +12.8%	+12.8% was #22	653	635	NIA
21	University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN · Higher education	$391.8M +5.6%	+5.6% was #24	702	694	NIAID
22	Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA · Hospital	$381.4M −7.4%	−7.4% was #20	563	546	NHLBI
23	Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · Hospital	$378.8M −16.5%	−16.5% was #18	515	482	NHLBI
24	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Higher education	$367.3M +0.4%	+0.4% was #26	436	423	NIA
25	University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Aurora, CO · Higher education	$363.6M +1.8%	+1.8% was #27	743	717	NIA
26	Weill Cornell Medicine New York, NY · Higher education	$352.7M +11.4%	+11.4% was #29	523	496	NIAID
27	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL · Higher education	$335.6M +10.3%	+10.3% was #32	560	524	NIAID
28	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Seattle, WA · Nonprofit	$332.3M −10.1%	−10.1% was #25	252	248	NIAID
29	Mayo Clinic Rochester Rochester, MN · Nonprofit	$322.5M +11.3%	+11.3% was #35	397	381	NCI
30	UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX · Higher education	$309.0M −2.8%	−2.8% was #28	570	529	NCI
31	University of California, Davis Davis, CA · Higher education	$308.2M +3.1%	+3.1% was #33	474	457	NCI
32	Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR · Higher education	$297.6M −4.8%	−4.8% was #31	437	429	OD
33	Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX · Higher education	$295.4M −5.6%	−5.6% was #30	521	509	NCI
34	The Ohio State University Columbus, OH · Higher education	$291.1M −0.9%	−0.9%	527	578	NCI
35	University of Chicago Chicago, IL · Higher education	$285.2M +4.2%	+4.2% was #37	457	438	NCI
36	University of Florida Gainesville, FL · Higher education	$279.6M +1.6%	+1.6%	521	544	NIA
37	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT · Higher education	$277.9M +2.8%	+2.8% was #38	534	526	NCI
38	Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA · Hospital	$264.0M +7.8%	+7.8% was #40	388	332	NIAID
39	Indiana University Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN · Higher education	$251.9M +2.1%	+2.1%	410	425	NIA
40	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA · Higher education	$237.1M +2.4%	+2.4% was #43	445	415	NHLBI
41	Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research New York, NY · Research institute	$231.1M −3.3%	−3.3%	306	295	NCI
42	University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA · Higher education	$225.1M −4.6%	−4.6%	391	392	NIA
43	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Newark, NJ · Higher education	$212.1M −0.5%	−0.5% was #45	378	366	NCI
44	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · Hospital	$202.9M +7.7%	+7.7% was #49	305	295	NHLBI
45	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX · Hospital	$201.8M −8.0%	−8.0% was #44	326	348	NCI
46	University of Maryland, Baltimore Baltimore, MD · Higher education	$199.4M −2.4%	−2.4%	354	333	NIAID
47	University of Rochester Rochester, NY · Higher education	$197.5M +10.1%	+10.1% was #54	373	340	NCI
48	Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY · Higher education	$191.0M +0.6%	+0.6% was #47	295	298	NIAID
49	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ · Higher education	$191.0M +1.7%	+1.7% was #50	298	282	NIA
50	UMass Chan Medical School Worcester, MA · Higher education	$190.3M +0.2%	+0.2% was #48	347	315	NIGMS

NIH funding by state, FY2026

#	State	Funding	Share	Institutions	Top recipient
1	California	$5.04B	14.0%	358	University of California, San Francisco
2	New York	$3.55B	9.9%	167	Columbia University Health Sciences
3	Massachusetts	$3.33B	9.3%	173	Massachusetts General Hospital
4	Pennsylvania	$2.27B	6.3%	96	University of Pennsylvania
5	Texas	$1.86B	5.2%	103	UT Southwestern Medical Center
6	North Carolina	$1.77B	4.9%	92	Duke University
7	Maryland	$1.65B	4.6%	95	Johns Hopkins University
8	Illinois	$1.31B	3.7%	65	Northwestern University
9	Washington	$1.22B	3.4%	53	University of Washington
10	Ohio	$1.05B	2.9%	48	The Ohio State University
11	Michigan	$1.04B	2.9%	41	University of Michigan
12	Florida	$911.4M	2.5%	58	University of Florida
13	Missouri	$885.4M	2.5%	26	Washington University in St. Louis
14	Connecticut	$809.7M	2.3%	30	Yale University
15	Georgia	$784.5M	2.2%	41	Emory University

Show the other 40 states and territories

16	Minnesota	$779.8M	2.2%	46	University of Minnesota
17	Tennessee	$709.8M	2.0%	23	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
18	Wisconsin	$652.6M	1.8%	34	University of Wisconsin-Madison
19	Virginia	$595.3M	1.7%	47	University of Virginia
20	Colorado	$567.6M	1.6%	47	University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
21	New Jersey	$444.5M	1.2%	39	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
22	Indiana	$422.5M	1.2%	21	Indiana University Indianapolis
23	Oregon	$410.6M	1.1%	38	Oregon Health & Science University
24	Arizona	$404.8M	1.1%	29	University of Arizona
25	Alabama	$382.2M	1.1%	16	University of Alabama at Birmingham
26	Utah	$307.9M	0.9%	18	University of Utah
27	Rhode Island	$251.9M	0.7%	17	Brown University
28	South Carolina	$245.3M	0.7%	32	Medical University of South Carolina
29	Kentucky	$218.6M	0.6%	17	University of Kentucky
30	District of Columbia	$203.2M	0.6%	25	George Washington University
31	Louisiana	$201.0M	0.6%	13	Tulane University
32	Iowa	$198.2M	0.6%	13	University of Iowa
33	Oklahoma	$160.1M	0.4%	13	University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
34	Kansas	$153.0M	0.4%	7	University of Kansas Medical Center
35	Nebraska	$144.3M	0.4%	10	University of Nebraska Medical Center
36	New Hampshire	$141.7M	0.4%	9	Dartmouth College
37	New Mexico	$141.2M	0.4%	11	University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
38	Maine	$117.6M	0.3%	9	Jackson Laboratory
39	Arkansas	$91.7M	0.3%	12	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
40	Delaware	$85.1M	0.2%	18	University of Delaware
41	Mississippi	$63.0M	0.2%	8	University of Mississippi Medical Center
42	Vermont	$58.7M	0.2%	4	University of Vermont
43	Hawaii	$57.5M	0.2%	7	University of Hawaii at Manoa
44	Montana	$51.6M	0.1%	14	University of Montana
45	West Virginia	$48.3M	0.1%	6	West Virginia University
46	Puerto Rico	$46.4M	0.1%	12	University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus
47	South Dakota	$34.6M	0.1%	8	Avera McKennan
48	Nevada	$31.1M	0.1%	6	University of Nevada Reno
49	Idaho	$20.3M	0.1%	4	University of Idaho
50	North Dakota	$15.6M	0.0%	3	University of North Dakota
51	Alaska	$15.3M	0.0%	7	University of Alaska Fairbanks
52	Wyoming	$11.9M	0.0%	4	University of Wyoming
53	Guam	$1.6M	0.0%	1	University of Guam
54	U.S. Virgin Islands	$617K	0.0%	1	University of the Virgin Islands
55	American Samoa	$140K	0.0%	1	American Samoa Community Cancer Coalitio

By organization type

Each institution is grouped by where most of its NIH dollars go, using NIH's recipient type. A university's medical school can be its own row, but stays under higher education.

Higher education$26.67B · 73.8%
Hospital$3.57B · 9.9%
Research institute$2.39B · 6.6%
Company$1.84B · 5.1%
Nonprofit$1.48B · 4.1%
Foreign institution$173.0M · 0.5%
Other$194K · 0.0%

NIH funding by university and health system

NIH ranks each recipient organization separately, so a university's medical school, campuses, and affiliated hospitals appear as different rows above. These totals add them back together.

System	FY2026 funding	Recipients	Largest member
University of California	$2.57B	11	University of California, San Francisco
Harvard University	$2.04B	16	Massachusetts General Hospital
University of Texas System	$1.14B	14	UT Southwestern Medical Center
Mass General Brigham	$1.11B	6	Massachusetts General Hospital
Columbia University	$627.1M	2	Columbia University Health Sciences
New York University	$545.0M	3	NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Vanderbilt University and VUMC	$501.8M	2	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Cornell University	$455.8M	2	Weill Cornell Medicine
University of Colorado	$429.7M	3	University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Mayo Clinic	$409.0M	3	Mayo Clinic Rochester
Indiana University	$304.4M	2	Indiana University Indianapolis
University System of Maryland	$272.2M	4	University of Maryland, Baltimore
Rutgers University	$265.0M	5	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts	$262.4M	5	UMass Chan Medical School
Boston University	$258.2M	2	Boston University Medical Campus
State University of New York	$256.6M	8	University at Buffalo
University of Illinois System	$251.0M	2	University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Miami	$209.4M	3	University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Penn State	$183.8M	2	Pennsylvania State University
University of Kansas	$134.4M	2	University of Kansas Medical Center
Tufts University	$126.5M	3	Tufts University Boston
Texas A&M University System	$103.3M	7	Texas A&M University Health Science Center
University of Connecticut	$89.6M	2	UConn Health
Louisiana State University System	$88.6M	5	LSU Health New Orleans

How this ranking is built

Source: the public NIH RePORTER API, refreshed October 16, 2026. See also our data methodology.

Dollar totals measure scale, not research quality or training environment. Our guide on how to read NIH funding rankings by university covers what these numbers miss.

What countsEvery NIH award record in the fiscal year — research grants, cooperative agreements, training and career awards, SBIR/STTR, and R&D contracts. NIH intramural research and interagency agreements with other federal agencies are excluded.
Dollar amountRePORTER's total award amount (direct plus indirect costs) obligated in that fiscal year, not the full multi-year value of each grant.
No double countingComponents of multi-project awards (P01, U54, center grants) are excluded; their dollars are already in the parent award.
Who an institution isRows follow NIH's recipient organization code, so a university's medical school, affiliated hospital, and separate campuses can appear separately. Subawards stay with the prime recipient.

NIH funding ranking questions

Which institution receives the most NIH funding in FY2026?

Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) received the most NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026: $854.5M across 1,334 award records. The next largest recipients were University of California, San Francisco, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, Washington University in St. Louis.

How much NIH funding went to outside institutions in FY2026?

NIH RePORTER lists $36.14B in extramural award funding across 57,110 award records to 2,407 institutions in fiscal year 2026 as of this snapshot; NIH is still posting late awards for that fiscal year, so the total can rise. The ten largest recipients received 19.7% of that total, and the top 50 received 56.8%.

Which state receives the most NIH funding?

California led all states in FY2026 with $5.04B in NIH awards to 358 institutions, 14.0% of funding to U.S. recipients in this table.

Why do these numbers differ from the BRIMR rankings or NIH RePORT?

Rankings differ by what they count. This page totals every NIH award record in RePORTER for the fiscal year, including grants, cooperative agreements, training awards, and R&D contracts, and groups them by the NIH recipient organization code. BRIMR ranks medical school departments and folds affiliated hospitals into schools; NIH RePORT's "Awards by Location & Organization" applies its own inclusion rules. A university's medical school, hospital, and other campuses can therefore appear as separate rows here.

Are subawards to collaborating institutions counted?

No. NIH reports awards to the prime recipient only. When a university passes part of a grant to a collaborator through a subaward, the full amount stays with the prime recipient in RePORTER, so collaborating institutions can look smaller than the research they actually host.

How often is this ranking updated?

The ranking is rebuilt from the NIH RePORTER API and was last refreshed on October 16, 2026. It covers fiscal years 2022 through 2026. Verify individual awards at reporter.nih.gov before citing them.

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