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

$179,130,084,786
Total funding
314,170
Grants
13
Funding agencies
2000–2025
Years

Funding over time

peak $12.6B · FY2000–25
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Who funds this — by agency

NIH$176,842,018,217 · 302081
FDA$642,680,788 · 1148
AHRQ$587,261,205 · 1860
DOD$455,216,671 · 174
NSF$293,447,483 · 615
CDC$287,877,199 · 653
USDA$15,344,497 · 30
ATSDR$3,245,482 · 9
NASA$2,893,244 · 3
ACF$100,000 · 1
VA$0 · 7591
HHS (Other)$0 · 1
SAMHSA$0 · 4

clinical trial leaderboards

Investigator-initiatedAll funding

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

1Kiran DattaLeidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$292,634,0661 gr2Angee GreerPpd Development Lp$82,531,9271 gr3Jessica EllisTechnical Resources International, Inc.$46,538,6401 gr4Jessica HoldenTechnical Resources International, Inc.$37,843,4431 gr5Suma BabuMassachusetts General Hospital$36,168,4064 gr6Sabrina PaganoniMassachusetts General Hospital$36,168,4064 gr

Emerging Leaders

6–10 yrs in

1Sonia M ThomasResearch Triangle Institute$700,865,6421 gr2Bambra StrokesPpd Development Lp$526,656,2171 gr3Tracy L NolenResearch Triangle Institute$474,487,1521 gr4Leonard FreedmanLeidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$245,363,7651 gr5Beth BaselerLeidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$207,964,2262 gr6Ethan DmitrovskyLeidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$177,411,7852 gr

All-Time

All years

1Lawrence CoreyFred Hutchinson Cancer Center$824,102,5369 gr2Sonia M ThomasResearch Triangle Institute$700,865,6421 gr3David HeimbrookLeidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$622,583,1251 gr4Margaret Juliana McElrathFred Hutchinson Cancer Center$542,008,7184 gr5Bambra StrokesPpd Development Lp$526,656,2171 gr6Judith S. CurrierUniversity Of California Los Angeles$504,273,0774 gr

Institutions

Last 2 Years

Funding won recently

1Johns Hopkins University$282,143,367400 gr2University Of California, San Francisco$264,802,440398 gr3Duke University$241,139,031298 gr4Massachusetts General Hospital$239,924,373357 gr5Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$231,775,703116 gr6University Of Pennsylvania$202,052,033337 gr

Last 10 Years

Funding over the decade

1Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$1,812,629,9413 gr2Duke University$1,569,607,889172 gr3Research Triangle Institute$1,461,038,40827 gr4Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$1,369,954,15949 gr5University Of California Los Angeles$1,186,323,24464 gr6Johns Hopkins University$1,116,068,602150 gr

All-Time

Cumulative funding

1Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$2,620,305,51765 gr2Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$2,561,844,5683 gr3Duke University$2,464,263,416174 gr4Johns Hopkins University$2,112,750,990170 gr5University Of California Los Angeles$1,697,943,93069 gr6Research Triangle Institute$1,563,597,52627 gr
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