Research funding
NIH research funding in the United States
NIH awarded $36.08 billion to U.S. organizations in fiscal year 2026, -1.7 percent on FY2025, across 56,757 projects at 2,263 organizations — NIH RePORTER, by state, county, organization and institute since FY2015.
How much NIH funding did U.S. organizations receive each fiscal year since 2015?
| Fiscal year | NIH funding | Change | Projects | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2015 | $23.36 billion | – | 51,728 | 2,358 |
| FY2016 | $25.08 billion | +7.4% | 53,309 | 2,488 |
| FY2017 | $26.54 billion | +5.8% | 54,879 | 2,567 |
| FY2018 | $28.50 billion | +7.4% | 58,054 | 2,694 |
| FY2019 | $30.95 billion | +8.6% | 59,972 | 2,760 |
| FY2020 | $34.70 billion | +12.1% | 62,558 | 2,661 |
| FY2021 | $35.96 billion | +3.6% | 63,818 | 2,735 |
| FY2022 | $36.84 billion | +2.4% | 65,124 | 2,758 |
| FY2023 | $37.99 billion | +3.1% | 66,186 | 2,780 |
| FY2024 | $37.05 billion | -2.5% | 64,965 | 2,696 |
| FY2025 | $36.71 billion | -0.9% | 59,242 | 2,570 |
| FY2026 | $36.08 billion | -1.7% | 56,757 | 2,263 |
Which NIH institutes awarded the most funding in fiscal year 2026?
| Institute or center | Funding |
|---|---|
| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | $4.70 billion |
| National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) | $4.50 billion |
| National Institute on Aging (NIA) | $3.85 billion |
| National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | $3.32 billion |
| National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) | $3.09 billion |
| National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) | $2.44 billion |
| National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) | $2.10 billion |
| NIH Office of the Director (OD) | $1.80 billion |
| National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) | $1.79 billion |
| National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) | $1.47 billion |
| National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) | $1.46 billion |
| National Eye Institute (NEI) | $701.3 million |
| National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) | $677.3 million |
| National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) | $642.0 million |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | $546.8 million |
| National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) | $454.1 million |
| National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) | $442.7 million |
| National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) | $434.8 million |
| National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) | $411.7 million |
| National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) | $398.0 million |
| National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) | $364.5 million |
| National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) | $178.6 million |
| National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) | $149.0 million |
| National Library of Medicine (NLM) | $78.3 million |
| Fogarty International Center (FIC) | $62.1 million |
Which U.S. organizations received the most NIH funding in fiscal year 2026?
How much NIH funding went to each U.S. state in fiscal year 2026?
NIH RePORTER: award amounts of NIH projects by fiscal year (October 1 to September 30), U.S. organizations only, subprojects not counted twice. County from the organization's ZIP code (Census ZCTA-county relationship 2020). No investigator names are stored. Source record.
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