checkpoint inhibitor

Federal research funding — who funds it, who wins it, and how it's trended.

$4,314,200,342

Total funding

9,984

Grants

6

Funding agencies

2000–2025

Years

Funding over time

peak $664.3M · FY2000–25

$1B$750M$500M$250M$0

'00

'01

'02

'03

'04

'05

'06

'07

'08

'09

'10

'11

'12

'13

'14

'15

'16

'17

'18

'19

'20

'21

'22

'23

'24

'25

Who funds this — by agency

NIH$4,287,088,285 · 9752

DOD$15,074,804 · 24

FDA$8,321,989 · 14

NSF$3,615,264 · 9

AHRQ$100,000 · 2

VA$0 · 183

checkpoint inhibitor leaderboards

Investigator-initiated All funding

Investigatorsi

Rising Stars

First grant in the last 5 yrs

1Xu ChenUniversity Of California, San Francisco$3,581,2852 gr 2Yuwen ZhuUniversity Of Colorado Denver$3,496,5943 gr 3Ioannis VlachosBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center$3,412,1202 gr 4Rana Ramzi McKayUniversity Of California, San Diego$2,984,4951 gr 5Reeder McNeil RobinsonLeukogene Therapeutics, Inc.$2,940,2112 gr 6Mark YarchoanJohns Hopkins University$2,710,7922 gr

Emerging Leaders

6–10 yrs in

1Nilu GoonetillekeUniv Of North Carolina Chapel Hill$7,243,5251 gr 2Benjamin IzarDana-Farber Cancer Inst$5,744,6785 gr 3Zachary Scott MorrisUniversity Of Wisconsin-Madison$5,376,0425 gr 4Amaia LujambioIcahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai$5,283,9503 gr 5Kian H LimWashington University$5,180,1544 gr 6Sana D KaramUniversity Of Colorado Denver$4,851,2232 gr

All-Time

All years

1Dario C. AltieriWistar Institute$19,028,4913 gr 2Don W. ClevelandUniversity Of California San Diego$13,779,5222 gr 3William George NelsonJohns Hopkins University$12,275,3431 gr 4Arzu Onar-ThomasSt. Jude Children'S Research Hospital$11,732,3131 gr 5Ira J DunkelSt. Jude Children'S Research Hospital$11,732,3131 gr 6Marcus W BosenbergDana-Farber Cancer Institute$11,682,9066 gr

Institutions

Last 2 Years

Funding won recently

1University Of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr$32,413,32560 gr 2Dana-Farber Cancer Inst$16,960,82631 gr 3University Of Pittsburgh At Pittsburgh$15,085,51431 gr 4Johns Hopkins University$15,081,28235 gr 5Washington University$14,040,44026 gr 6Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research$12,998,65523 gr

Last 10 Years

Funding over the decade

1University Of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr$148,892,824120 gr 2Dana-Farber Cancer Inst$116,637,54972 gr 3Massachusetts General Hospital$92,452,15183 gr 4Yale University$91,896,33877 gr 5University Of California, San Francisco$90,197,97957 gr 6Johns Hopkins University$86,151,14477 gr

All-Time

Cumulative funding

1University Of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr$163,048,307134 gr 2Dana-Farber Cancer Inst$120,939,97075 gr 3Massachusetts General Hospital$101,736,02388 gr 4Johns Hopkins University$100,368,05483 gr 5Yale University$99,873,58583 gr 6University Of California, San Francisco$93,757,90561 gr

Browse all 9,984 checkpoint inhibitor grants →