← TopicsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
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Federal research funding — who funds it, who wins it, and how it's trended.
$98,870,656,704
Total funding
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Who funds this — by agency
NIH$98,439,578,552 · 242679
NSF$252,907,458 · 488
DOD$90,750,757 · 76
FDA$56,984,760 · 137
CDC$18,954,372 · 52
USDA$5,873,111 · 12
AHRQ$3,989,282 · 5
ATSDR$1,331,335 · 4
NASA$287,076 · 2
VA$0 · 5873
gene therapy 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
1Mari OstendorfUniversity Of Washington$51,931,2301 gr2Michael DifilippantonioLeidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$22,364,7661 gr3Supriya MenezesThe Emmes Company, Llc$18,394,9581 gr4Rino RappuoliWashington University$14,702,8841 gr5Sabrina PaganoniMassachusetts General Hospital$13,615,2462 gr6Suma BabuMassachusetts General Hospital$13,615,2462 gr
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
1Yunda HuangFred Hutchinson Cancer Center$52,003,7161 gr2Susan AbushakraAlzheon, Inc.$47,265,2441 gr3Ethan DmitrovskyLeidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$26,358,8011 gr4George MitraLeidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$23,876,8691 gr5Julie AkeNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases$22,000,0001 gr6Stacey Lynn ClardyUtah State Higher Education System--University Of Utah$15,093,6191 gr
All-Time
All years
1David HeimbrookLeidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$164,199,9161 gr2Gregory H ReamanNational Childhood Cancer Foundation$155,841,4932 gr3Randall J BatemanWashington University$122,781,0984 gr4Eric Martin McDadeWashington University$94,632,8451 gr5Ronald G CrystalWeill Medical College Of Cornell Univ$82,649,12415 gr6Robert B. DiasioUniversity Of Alabama At Birmingham$73,470,6851 gr
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