Johns Hopkins University Again Tops List Of Leading Institutions For NIH Funding

Johns Hopkins University led all U.S. universities and colleges in total National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for federal Fiscal Year 2022, with more than $830 million in awards, $839,852,301 to be exact, representing an approximately $15 million increase over its total in the prior year. The rest of the top ten institutions were:

• University of California, San Francisco $823,760,533
• University of Pittsburgh $675,447,236
• Duke University $672,506,294
• University of Pennsylvania $668,378,172
• Stanford University $651,714,427
• University of Michigan $644,315,349
• Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. $625,102,662
• Washington University at St. Louis $620,587,925
• Columbia University Health Sciences $616,772,648

A total of 18 institutions brought in at least $500 million in NIH funding in Fiscal Year 2022, and 39 accumulated awards in excess of $250 million. The amounts include grants for research, teaching and clinical projects.

The numbers were compiled by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR), under the direction of Robert Roskoski Jr., a retired professor of biochemistry.

BRIMR has reported on annual NIH awards since 2006. It uses data obtained from the Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool from the National Institutes of Health.

In addition to institution-wide data and rankings, BRIMR also breaks out NIH awards by the major units and departments typically found in most academic health centers. Separate figures for clinical and basic science departments within schools of medicine are also provided.

Awards by those various departments and schools can be found here. Here are the top 10 health profession schools in five major categories.

Schools of Medicine

• University of California, San Francisco $751,039,395
• Stanford University $584,073,475
• Washington University at Saint Louis $569,371,884
• Johns Hopkins University $567,352,370
• University of Pennsylvania $551,423,454
• University of Pittsburgh $550,636,837
• Yale University $549,914,436
• Columbia University Health Sciences $530,001,166
• Duke University $527,236,178
• University of California, Los Angeles $499,458,242

Schools of Nursing

• Columbia University Health Sciences $18,738,705
• University of Pennsylvania $18,183,342
• Emory University $15,030,322
• University of California, San Francisco $13,235,743
• University of Alabama, Birmingham $9,405,898
• University of Washington $8,784,688
• University of Michigan $7,396,060
• Florida State University $6,589,299
• University of Illinois, Chicago $6,580,881
• New York University $5,871,863

Schools of Dentistry

• University of California, San Francisco $24,024,717
• University of Michigan $19,989,597
• University of Southern California $19,090,823
• University of Pennsylvania $15,955,129
• New York University $14,570,072
• University of Florida $13,928,319
• University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio $11,258,229
• University of California, Los Angeles $10,568,512
• University of Maryland, Baltimore $8,255,189
• University of Connecticut $7,957,561

Schools of Pharmacy

• University of California, San Francisco $30,217,559
• University of North Carolina $27,585,468
• University of Florida $22,488,999
• University of New Mexico Health Sciences Ceter $17,861,727
• University of Michigan $14,367,469
• University of Arizona $14,360,422
• University of Kentucky $14,241,774
• Purdue University $13,325,953
• Rutgers University $12,348,233
• University of Washington $11,357,249

Schools of Public Health

• Johns Hopkins University $178,831,000
• Harvard School of Public Health $128,643,448
• University of North Carolina $124,906,202
• Columbia University Health Sciences $63,227,127
• University of Washington $59,949,265
• University of Pittsburgh $58,866,227
• Brown University $54,832,782
• Emory University $51,434,540
• University of Michigan $40,770,398
• George Washington University $39,316,144