Federal Grant Success Rates

Explore success rates across NIH institutes, top-funded research institutions, and principal investigators. Data sourced from NIH RePORTER and USAspending.gov.

Applications

Awards

7,023

Total Funding

$3.3B

Fiscal Years

2026–2026

NIH Success Rates by Institute

Success rates vary widely across NIH institutes. Green indicates rates above 25%, amber 15–25%, and red below 15%.

Institute	Awards	Success Rate	Total Funding	Avg Award
NIAIDNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	1,276	—	$846.6M	$663K
NIANational Institute on Aging	590	—	$374.3M	$634K
NIMHNational Institute of Mental Health	396	—	$215.7M	$545K
NHGRINational Human Genome Research Institute	48	—	$27.6M	$575K
NIDCRNational Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research	97	—	$36.8M	$380K
NIDANational Institute on Drug Abuse	148	—	$67.8M	$458K
NICHDEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	220	—	$71.6M	$326K
NHLBINational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	282	—	$153.2M	$543K
UNKNOWN	484	—	$0	$0
NCINational Cancer Institute	791	—	$338.9M	$428K
NEINational Eye Institute	180	—	$84.7M	$471K
NIEHSNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	164	—	$72.4M	$442K
ODOffice of the Director	54	—	$87.3M	$1.6M
NLMNational Library of Medicine	11	—	$3.4M	$305K
NIDDKNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	529	—	$269.4M	$509K
FDA	3	—	$2.1M	$717K
NIAMSNational Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases	141	—	$54M	$383K
NIBIBNational Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering	78	—	$24.5M	$314K
NINDSNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	599	—	$241M	$402K
NCATSNational Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	15	—	$17.7M	$1.2M
NIGMSNational Institute of General Medical Sciences	604	—	$212.7M	$352K
NIDCDNational Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders	163	—	$65.5M	$402K
NIMHDNational Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities	78	—	$36.1M	$463K
NIAAANational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	37	—	$12.8M	$345K
FICFogarty International Center	22	—	$3.5M	$157K
NINRNational Institute of Nursing Research	12	—	$8.4M	$702K
NCIPC	1	—	$193K	$193K

Top Funded Institutions

Institutions ranked by total number of federal grant awards received.

#	Institution	Awards	Total Funding	Avg Award
1	Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann ArborNSF	268	$224.7M	$839K
2	Purdue UniversityNSF	230	$161.1M	$700K
3	University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignNSF	203	$207.7M	$1M
4	North Carolina State UniversityNSF	181	$159.6M	$882K
5	Georgia Tech Research CorporationNSF	171	$134.9M	$789K
6	University of Colorado at BoulderNSF	168	$118.1M	$703K
7	Pennsylvania State Univ University ParkNSF	163	$83.1M	$510K
8	University of Texas at AustinNSF	161	$166.9M	$1M
9	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyNSF	156	$110.8M	$710K
10	Cornell UniversityNSF	151	$194M	$1.3M
11	University of WashingtonNSF	150	$138.3M	$922K
12	JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Cancer Institute, National Eye Institute +14	143	$75M	$524K
13	University of California-Los AngelesNSF	140	$86.9M	$621K
14	University of FloridaNSF	140	$73.6M	$526K
15	Columbia UniversityNSF	138	$96.7M	$701K
16	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCOEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Cancer Institute, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute +8	132	$61.5M	$466K
17	University of Maryland, College ParkNSF	129	$71.8M	$557K
18	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGHNIH Office of the Director, National Cancer Institute, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences +14	128	$63.4M	$496K
19	Rutgers University New BrunswickNSF	125	$67.9M	$543K
20	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityNSF	123	$60.8M	$494K
21	University of Wisconsin-MadisonNSF	123	$60.1M	$489K
22	University of Southern CaliforniaNSF	122	$114M	$935K
23	UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Cancer Institute, National Eye Institute +13	119	$60.5M	$508K
24	UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBORNational Cancer Institute, National Eye Institute, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute +10	119	$99.2M	$834K
25	Northeastern UniversityNSF	115	$84.6M	$735K

Top Principal Investigators

Researchers ranked by total federal grant funding received across all agencies.

#	PI Name	Institution	Awards	Years Active	Total Funding
1	Paula Mabee	Battelle Memorial Institute	2	1	$415.9M
2	Charles Mattias Mountain	Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.	3	1	$277.6M
3	Rebecca Bendick	EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM INC.	1	1	$222.7M
4	James Edson	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	1	1	$219.8M
5	Noah Smith	THE ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE	1	1	$75M
6	Joel Brock	Cornell University	2	2	$55.4M
7	Beth Kolko	University of Washington	1	1	$49.3M
8	Pavel KABAT	Human Frontier Science Program	1	1	$45M
9	Anthony Beasley	Associated Universities, Inc.	3	3	$36.8M
10	Cyrus Wadia	ACTIVATE GLOBAL, INC.	2	2	$35M
11	Stephen Smith	NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER	1	1	$31M
12	Zaida Luthey-Schulten	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	2	2	$30.4M
13	Nicholas Kotov	Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	1	1	$30M
14	Sonya Atalay	University of Massachusetts Amherst	1	1	$29.8M
15	Travis York	American Association for the Advancement of Science	4	3	$29.3M
16	KENNETH M LANGA	UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR	1	1	$29.3M
17	Terry Appelgate	University of California-San Diego Scripps Inst of Oceanography	3	2	$28.7M
18	Jane Hoyt Buckner	BENAROYA RESEARCH INST AT VIRGINIA MASON	1	1	$28.5M
19	Mark Shiflett	University of Kansas Center for Research Inc	3	3	$28.1M
20	Sarah Fuller	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	2	1	$27.4M
21	Rashada Alexander	American Association for the Advancement of Science	1	1	$27.3M
22	Claudia Gunsch	Duke University	1	1	$26M
23	Shuhua Yuan	Washington University	1	1	$26M
24	Judit Puskas	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1	1	$26M
25	Glenn Daehn	OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	1	1	$25.9M

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