NIH grants × USAspending

Top NIH (biomedical) grant awardees by amount

Institutions (universities, medical schools, research organizations) that won the most NIH biomedical research funding, ranked by total over the last 10 fiscal years (aggregated from USAspending) — showing where U.S. medical and life-science research concentrates.

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What the data shows

The top is dominated by leading research universities and medical schools, reflecting how concentrated U.S. biomedical research is in these hubs. NIH funding spans basic biology through clinical and public-health science, so universities with teaching hospitals and medical schools tend to rank high. Placed beside the same-method NSF ranking, it reveals how the institutions that attract funding differ between basic science (NSF) and medicine and life science (NIH).

Top 50 of 60

#	Awardee	Amount
1	THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY	≈$6.86B
2	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE	≈$6.46B
3	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	≈$5.63B
4	TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE	≈$5.46B
5	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	≈$5.21B
6	WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE	≈$5.11B
7	THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY	≈$5.09B
8	YALE UNIV	≈$4.99B
9	DUKE UNIVERSITY	≈$4.94B
10	THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK	≈$4.86B
11	THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION	≈$4.71B
12	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES	≈$4.65B
13	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	≈$4.59B
14	UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	≈$4.51B
15	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL	≈$4.26B
16	EMORY UNIVERSITY	≈$3.92B
17	ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI	≈$3.55B
18	BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSPITAL INC	≈$3.32B
19	UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM	≈$3.21B
20	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	≈$3.1B
21	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	≈$2.99B
22	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	≈$2.99B
23	NEW YORK UNIVERSITY	≈$2.98B
24	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	≈$2.8B
25	UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM	≈$2.65B
26	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO	≈$2.65B
27	BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	≈$2.48B
28	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	≈$2.46B
29	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS	≈$2.37B
30	MAYO CLINIC	≈$2.27B
31	THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER	≈$2.24B
32	WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY	≈$2.18B
33	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	≈$2.04B
34	UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO	≈$1.99B
35	UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA	≈$1.99B
36	UNIVERSITY OF UTAH	≈$1.98B
37	TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY	≈$1.95B
38	FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER	≈$1.82B
39	CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION, THE	≈$1.82B
40	SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH	≈$1.75B
41	UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE	≈$1.73B
42	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE	≈$1.67B
43	SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE	≈$1.67B
44	UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL	≈$1.66B
45	CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY	≈$1.63B
46	RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA	≈$1.62B
47	PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE	≈$1.6B
48	THE UNIVERISTY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER	≈$1.55B
49	THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA	≈$1.53B
50	FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER	≈$1.52B

Aggregates cover each source's collected data. Names use the original data as-is.

FAQ

What does this ranking show?

Institutions (universities, medical schools, research bodies) that won the most NIH biomedical research funding, ordered by total awards over the last 10 fiscal years — showing where U.S. medical and life-science research concentrates.

How does it differ from the NSF ranking?

NIH centers on medicine and life sciences (disease, public health, basic biology); NSF covers physical sciences, engineering and computing. The identical method lets you compare how funding clusters by field.

Are individual researchers included?

No. It aggregates at the institution level and never handles personal names (principal investigators) — PII protection.

What is the source? Is it NIH RePORTER?

The ranking aggregates NIH assistance from U.S. government spending data (USAspending) per institution. For project-level detail (titles, research categories), see the official NIH RePORTER.

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