← TopicsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
cholesterol
Federal research funding — who funds it, who wins it, and how it's trended.
$10,120,478,156
Total funding
25,437
Grants
10
Funding agencies
1974–2025
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Funding over time
peak $551M · FY1974–25$1B$750M$500M$250M$0
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Who funds this — by agency
NIH$9,925,032,806 · 24485
AHRQ$90,600,544 · 66
NSF$60,551,749 · 163
CDC$17,025,520 · 27
DOD$11,669,438 · 12
ATSDR$5,500,000 · 5
USDA$5,284,408 · 17
FDA$4,663,693 · 16
NASA$149,998 · 1
VA$0 · 645
cholesterol leaderboards
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
1Matthew OetjensGeisinger Clinic$2,954,1361 gr2Tere M. WilliamsDub Therapeutics Inc.$2,809,2112 gr3Thuy PisonePalladian Partners, Inc.$2,748,4951 gr4Linda E MayEast Carolina University$2,622,5781 gr5Ze ZhengMedical College Of Wisconsin$2,439,2062 gr6Enkhmaa ByambaaUniversity Of California At Davis$2,411,3191 gr
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
1Michael P HarmsWashington University$13,645,9322 gr2Pradeep NatarajanMassachusetts General Hospital$8,880,8834 gr3Jan JohanssonArtery Therapeutics, Inc.$8,291,5903 gr4William Raymond LagorBaylor College Of Medicine$7,840,1382 gr5Bishuang CaiIcahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai$6,397,9394 gr6Tony YuenIcahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai$6,251,2372 gr
All-Time
All years
1Leon J ThalUniversity Of California San Diego$54,467,8131 gr2Daniel James RaderUniversity Of Pennsylvania$44,733,17426 gr3Alan Richard TallColumbia University Health Sciences$38,760,18416 gr4Eric A BoerwinkleUniversity Of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston$38,718,6984 gr5Ronald M KraussUniversity Of Calif-Lawrenc Berkeley Lab$34,107,2207 gr6Stanley L HazenCleveland Clinic Foundation$28,886,56212 gr
Institutions
Last 2 Years
Funding won recently
Last 10 Years
Funding over the decade
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Cumulative funding