← TopicsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
inflammation
Federal research funding — who funds it, who wins it, and how it's trended.
$66,470,872,691
Total funding
164,552
Grants
10
Funding agencies
2000–2025
Years
Funding over time
peak $4.9B · FY2000–25$5B$3.8B$2.5B$1.3B$0
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Who funds this — by agency
NIH$65,950,059,782 · 158832
NSF$189,984,350 · 368
DOD$128,477,621 · 136
CDC$92,119,752 · 220
USDA$64,353,102 · 172
FDA$29,549,929 · 88
NASA$9,829,586 · 14
AHRQ$4,299,840 · 12
ATSDR$2,198,729 · 5
VA$0 · 4705
inflammation 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
1Supriya MenezesThe Emmes Company, Llc$25,277,0321 gr2Suma BabuMassachusetts General Hospital$11,004,7141 gr3Sabrina PaganoniMassachusetts General Hospital$11,004,7141 gr4Bruxanne El-KammashUniversity Of Chicago$7,281,0501 gr5Yanling WangRush University Medical Center$5,926,4682 gr6Caroline UhlerBroad Institute, Inc.$5,265,4862 gr
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
1Maria C CarrilloIndiana University Indianapolis$19,445,6422 gr2Jacob D EstesOregon Health & Science University$13,447,6065 gr3Bradley G HammillDuke University$13,296,9402 gr4James Dale BerryBrigham And Women'S Hospital$11,004,7141 gr5Gary FangerRise Therapeutics, Llc$10,261,7186 gr6Ionut BebuGeorge Washington University$9,972,0971 gr
All-Time
All years
1Glenda E GrayWits Health Consortium (Pty), Ltd$196,976,9471 gr2Lawrence CoreyFred Hutchinson Cancer Center$196,976,9471 gr3Sharon L HillierMagee-Women'S Hospital Of Upmc$89,523,7133 gr4David HeimbrookLeidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$85,243,2631 gr5Randall J BatemanWashington University$64,707,4561 gr6Peter Scott HeegerCase Western Reserve University$56,547,8842 gr
Institutions
Last 2 Years
Funding won recently
1Washington University$125,814,060205 gr2Massachusetts General Hospital$116,363,210176 gr3University Of California, San Francisco$113,899,528180 gr4University Of California, San Diego$104,815,282161 gr5Johns Hopkins University$102,754,568160 gr6University Of Pittsburgh At Pittsburgh$100,271,687199 gr
Last 10 Years
Funding over the decade
1Massachusetts General Hospital$613,780,951185 gr2University Of California, San Francisco$534,432,598199 gr3Johns Hopkins University$528,490,583192 gr4Washington University$477,390,870166 gr5Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center$450,711,81114 gr6University Of Pittsburgh At Pittsburgh$407,994,497179 gr
All-Time
Cumulative funding