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NIH funding of UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO (Chicago, IL) received $169.5 million in NIH funding in fiscal year 2026 across 320 projects; $1.73 billion over 12 fiscal years on record — NIH RePORTER.

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How much NIH funding did UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO receive each fiscal year?

Cook County · Illinois · SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE

Fiscal yearNIH fundingProjects
FY2015$104.4 million284
FY2016$114.5 million314
FY2017$118.6 million323
FY2018$127.5 million343
FY2019$143.9 million374
FY2020$147.6 million373
FY2021$147.1 million354
FY2022$152.2 million358
FY2023$159.3 million387
FY2024$177.1 million398
FY2025$169.2 million324
FY2026$169.5 million320

Which NIH institutes funded UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO in fiscal year 2026?

Institute or centerFunding
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)$27.5 million
National Institute on Aging (NIA)$16.7 million
National Cancer Institute (NCI)$16.4 million
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)$15.1 million
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)$13.6 million
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)$10.2 million
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)$10.0 million
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)$8.9 million
National Eye Institute (NEI)$8.1 million
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)$7.2 million
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)$5.8 million
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)$4.6 million

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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