Research funding

NIH funding in Massachusetts

Organizations in Massachusetts received $3.33 billion in NIH funding in fiscal year 2026 across 5,172 projects — NIH RePORTER, by organization and county since FY2015.

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How much NIH funding did organizations in Massachusetts receive each fiscal year since 2015?

Fiscal year	NIH funding	Change	Projects	Organizations
FY2015	$2.42 billion	–	4,916	177
FY2016	$2.56 billion	+5.7%	5,056	195
FY2017	$2.70 billion	+5.7%	5,207	211
FY2018	$2.87 billion	+6.3%	5,393	219
FY2019	$3.01 billion	+4.8%	5,563	237
FY2020	$3.28 billion	+9.0%	5,689	212
FY2021	$3.38 billion	+2.8%	5,793	212
FY2022	$3.29 billion	-2.7%	5,852	220
FY2023	$3.51 billion	+6.8%	5,960	223
FY2024	$3.46 billion	-1.4%	5,796	222
FY2025	$3.41 billion	-1.4%	5,437	212
FY2026	$3.33 billion	-2.4%	5,172	179

Which organizations in Massachusetts received the most NIH funding in fiscal year 2026?

Organization	NIH funding FY2026	Projects
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL Boston, MA · Independent Hospitals	$637.8 million	1,000
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL Boston, MA · Independent Hospitals	$381.4 million	563
BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Boston, MA · Independent Hospitals	$264.0 million	388
UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER Worcester, MA · SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE	$190.3 million	348
BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS Boston, MA · SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC HEALTH	$190.1 million	305
DANA-FARBER CANCER INST Boston, MA · Independent Hospitals	$169.7 million	233
BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. Cambridge, MA · Research Institutes	$157.2 million	103
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL Boston, MA · SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE	$143.2 million	294
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER Boston, MA · Independent Hospitals	$141.3 million	216
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Cambridge, MA · BIOMED ENGR/COL ENGR/ENGR STA	$113.5 million	179
HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Boston, MA · SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC HEALTH	$100.6 million	127
TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON Boston, MA · SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE	$80.8 million	125
HARVARD UNIVERSITY Cambridge, MA · UNIVERSITY-WIDE	$74.2 million	114
BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) Boston, MA · SCH ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS	$68.2 million	146
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST Hadley, MA · BIOMED ENGR/COL ENGR/ENGR STA	$52.7 million	97
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Boston, MA · SCH ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS	$45.5 million	95
MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY Boston, MA · Independent Hospitals	$42.0 million	64
BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER Boston, MA · Independent Hospitals	$41.2 million	76
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY Waltham, MA · SCHOOLS OF ARTS AND SCIENCES	$33.4 million	64
MCLEAN HOSPITAL Belmont, MA · Independent Hospitals	$31.4 million	50
TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER Boston, MA · Independent Hospitals	$28.8 million	35
HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE, INC. Canton, MA · Other Domestic Non-Profits	$23.8 million	29
BOSTON COLLEGE Chestnut Hill, MA · GRADUATE SCHOOLS	$20.3 million	50
JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER Boston, MA · Research Institutes	$19.1 million	29
TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD Boston, MA · SCHOOLS OF ARTS AND SCIENCES	$16.9 million	38
SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE Boston, MA · Research Institutes	$14.4 million	27
WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES Cambridge, MA · Research Institutes	$14.4 million	20
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL Lowell, MA · BIOMED ENGR/COL ENGR/ENGR STA	$12.7 million	24
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH Cambridge, MA · Research Institutes	$12.5 million	10
ADA FORSYTH INSTITUTE, INC. Somerville, MA · Research Institutes	$10.5 million	21
SPAULDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL Charlestown, MA · Independent Hospitals	$7.5 million	15
HEBREW REHABILITATION CENTER FOR AGED Boston, MA · Independent Hospitals	$7.1 million	16
PASCALL SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED Boston, MA · Domestic For-Profits	$7.0 million	6
MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY Woods Hole, MA · Research Institutes	$6.9 million	20
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON Boston, MA · SCHOOLS OF ARTS AND SCIENCES	$6.5 million	15
WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Worcester, MA · BIOMED ENGR/COL ENGR/ENGR STA	$6.3 million	14
MICROBIOTIX, INC Worcester, MA · Domestic For-Profits	$6.0 million	5
HELIXBIND, INC. Boxborough, MA · Domestic For-Profits	$5.0 million	5
BIOSENSICS, LLC Newton, MA · Domestic For-Profits	$4.5 million	5
MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS Charlestown, MA · Domestic For-Profits	$4.2 million	9
BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER, INC. Springfield, MA · Independent Hospitals	$3.9 million	7
GENTIBIO, INC. Cambridge, MA · Domestic For-Profits	$3.6 million	4
HIGHLAND INSTRUMENTS, INC. Cambridge, MA · Domestic For-Profits	$3.4 million	2
NEWLEOS THERAPEUTICS, INC. Hopkinton, MA · Domestic For-Profits	$3.1 million	1
CLEAR SCIENTIFIC, LLC Cambridge, MA · Domestic For-Profits	$3.0 million	1
QUIVER BIOSCIENCE INC. Cambridge, MA · Domestic For-Profits	$2.9 million	2
AQUINNAH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Newton, MA · Domestic For-Profits	$2.5 million	2
FOOD ALLERGY SCIENCE INITIATIVE, INC. Cambridge, MA · Other Domestic Non-Profits	$2.3 million	1
ARSENAL MEDICAL, INC. Waltham, MA · Domestic For-Profits	$2.2 million	1
BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. Boston, MA · Research Institutes	$2.2 million	4

How much NIH funding went to each county in Massachusetts in fiscal year 2026?

County	NIH funding	Projects
Suffolk County	$2.43 billion	3,846
Middlesex County	$548.4 million	691
Hampshire County	$53.7 million	99
Norfolk County	$53.4 million	96
Worcester County	$17.1 million	26
Essex County	$12.0 million	24
Dukes County	$8.7 million	23
Bristol County	$1.2 million	2
Berkshire County	$486,597	1
Plymouth County	$293,684	1

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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