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NIH funding in Tennessee

Organizations in Tennessee received $710.2 million in NIH funding in fiscal year 2026 across 1,198 projects — NIH RePORTER, by organization and county since FY2015.

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

Fiscal yearNIH fundingChangeProjectsOrganizations
FY2015$440.6 million–1,22126
FY2016$512.4 million+16.3%1,20225
FY2017$513.6 million+0.2%1,12026
FY2018$545.8 million+6.3%1,17432
FY2019$584.4 million+7.1%1,18836
FY2020$702.1 million+20.1%1,26534
FY2021$673.7 million-4.0%1,30129
FY2022$710.9 million+5.5%1,33830
FY2023$768.7 million+8.1%1,36535
FY2024$818.4 million+6.5%1,32629
FY2025$824.2 million+0.7%1,21525
FY2026$710.2 million-13.8%1,19826

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

OrganizationNIH funding FY2026Projects
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Nashville, TN · Independent Hospitals
$378.8 million515
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
Nashville, TN · SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE
$123.0 million321
ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
Memphis, TN · Independent Hospitals
$118.5 million163
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR
Memphis, TN · SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE
$38.6 million73
MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
Nashville, TN · GRADUATE SCHOOLS
$14.8 million25
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE
Knoxville, TN · SCH ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS
$10.2 million31
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
Johnson City, TN · SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE
$9.0 million25
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS
Memphis, TN · SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC HEALTH
$5.2 million13
OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES
Oak Ridge, TN · Research Institutes
$1.7 million2
BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - TIPTON
Covington, TN · Independent Hospitals
$1.3 million1
CORAMI BIOTECH INC.
Memphis, TN · Domestic For-Profits
$1.2 million1
TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
Nashville, TN · SCHOOLS OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
$1.1 million4
VIRTUOSO SURGICAL, INC.
Nashville, TN · Domestic For-Profits
$1.1 million1
DECODE HEALTH, INC.
Nashville, TN · Domestic For-Profits
$979,1381
ENIGMA BIOMEDICAL USA, INC
Knoxville, TN · Domestic For-Profits
$896,7191
UT-BATTELLE, LLC-OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LAB
Oak Ridge, TN · Research Institutes
$855,0001
TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Cookeville, TN · BIOMED ENGR/COL ENGR/ENGR STA
$474,0881
ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES, LLC
Memphis, TN · UNIVERSITY-WIDE
$454,05110
CHILDFREE TRUST, LLC
Mount Juliet, TN · Domestic For-Profits
$434,3851
MIDDLE TENNESSEE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Nashville, TN · Research Institutes
$408,2341
POPCHECK TECHNOLOGIES INC
Memphis, TN · Domestic For-Profits
$390,9661
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
Murfreesboro, TN · SCHOOLS OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
$294,9332
BIOSIGHT LLC
Franklin, TN · Domestic For-Profits
$238,3001
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SPACE INSTITUTE
Tullahoma, TN · BIOMED ENGR/COL ENGR/ENGR STA
$157,0001
COLLEGE ON PROBLEMS OF DRUG DEPENDENCE
Brentwood, TN · Other Domestic Non-Profits
$95,0001
INTERNATIONAL MAMMALIAN GENOME SOCIETY
Oak Ridge, TN · Other Domestic Non-Profits
$56,5001

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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