Research funding
NIH funding in Utah
Organizations in Utah received $308.1 million in NIH funding in fiscal year 2026 across 590 projects — NIH RePORTER, by organization and county since FY2015.
How much NIH funding did organizations in Utah receive each fiscal year since 2015?
| Fiscal year | NIH funding | Change | Projects | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2015 | $163.9 million | – | 437 | 19 |
| FY2016 | $186.8 million | +13.9% | 460 | 28 |
| FY2017 | $196.8 million | +5.4% | 480 | 23 |
| FY2018 | $228.9 million | +16.3% | 549 | 33 |
| FY2019 | $235.9 million | +3.1% | 579 | 30 |
| FY2020 | $259.7 million | +10.1% | 625 | 25 |
| FY2021 | $260.2 million | +0.2% | 617 | 22 |
| FY2022 | $274.9 million | +5.6% | 636 | 24 |
| FY2023 | $291.2 million | +5.9% | 652 | 19 |
| FY2024 | $306.0 million | +5.1% | 686 | 18 |
| FY2025 | $300.1 million | -1.9% | 609 | 17 |
| FY2026 | $308.1 million | +2.7% | 590 | 19 |
Which organizations in Utah received the most NIH funding in fiscal year 2026?
| Organization | NIH funding FY2026 | Projects |
|---|---|---|
| UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Salt Lake City, UT · BIOMED ENGR/COL ENGR/ENGR STA | $278.0 million | 535 |
| UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY Logan, UT · SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION | $8.2 million | 20 |
| BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Provo, UT · SCHOOLS OF ARTS AND SCIENCES | $6.4 million | 14 |
| IHC HEALTH SERVICES, INC. Salt Lake City, UT · Other Domestic Non-Profits | $3.1 million | 5 |
| WESTERN INSTITUTE FOR VETERANS RESEARCH Salt Lake City, UT · Research Institutes | $1.6 million | 1 |
| RIPPLE, LLC Salt Lake City, UT · Domestic For-Profits | $1.5 million | 1 |
| INHERENT BIOSCIENCES, INC. Salt Lake City, UT · Domestic For-Profits | $1.2 million | 1 |
| IVEENA DELIVERY SYSTEMS, INC. Salt Lake City, UT · Domestic For-Profits | $1.1 million | 1 |
| ESPIRA, INC. Salt Lake City, UT · Domestic For-Profits | $1.0 million | 1 |
| UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UTAH TECH UNIVERSITY St George, UT · SCHOOLS OF ARTS AND SCIENCES | $1.0 million | 1 |
| MICROSURGICAL INNOVATIONS, INC. Salt Lake City, UT · Domestic For-Profits | $1.0 million | 1 |
| CURZA INC Salt Lake City, UT · Domestic For-Profits | $1.0 million | 1 |
| NEUROROBOTIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Salt Lake City, UT · Domestic For-Profits | $726,200 | 2 |
| UTAH NAVAJO HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Montezuma Creek, UT · Other Domestic Non-Profits | $623,474 | 1 |
| GLYCOSURF, INC. Salt Lake City, UT · Domestic For-Profits | $528,521 | 1 |
| KSCUBE, LLC Park City, UT · Domestic For-Profits | $315,335 | 1 |
| MOUNTAIN BIOMETRICS, INC Park City, UT · Domestic For-Profits | $306,721 | 1 |
| UINTA BIO, INC. Park City, UT · Domestic For-Profits | $306,388 | 1 |
| UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY Cedar City, UT · SCHOOLS OF ARTS AND SCIENCES | $161,604 | 1 |
How much NIH funding went to each county in Utah 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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