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NIH funding of NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (De Kalb, IL) received $810,215 in NIH funding in fiscal year 2026 across 3 projects; $9.7 million over 11 fiscal years on record — NIH RePORTER.

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How much NIH funding did NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY receive each fiscal year?

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Fiscal yearNIH fundingProjects
FY2015$1.1 million4
FY2017$418,2951
FY2018$1.1 million3
FY2019$424,7122
FY2020$2.0 million6
FY2021$988,0854
FY2022$303,2562
FY2023$186,2501
FY2024$658,7184
FY2025$1.8 million5
FY2026$810,2153

Which NIH institutes funded NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY in fiscal year 2026?

Institute or centerFunding
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)$476,199
National Eye Institute (NEI)$186,250
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)$147,766

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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