← TopicsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
neurodegeneration
Federal research funding — who funds it, who wins it, and how it's trended.
$11,548,089,342
Total funding
24,747
Grants
10
Funding agencies
2000–2025
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Funding over time
peak $1.1B · FY2000–25$2B$1.5B$1B$500M$0
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Who funds this — by agency
NIH$11,456,079,441 · 23719
DOD$39,894,498 · 40
NSF$20,698,461 · 56
CDC$12,271,129 · 25
FDA$8,953,517 · 12
NASA$3,608,660 · 2
ATSDR$3,029,585 · 6
DOE$2,646,817 · 1
AHRQ$907,234 · 7
VA$0 · 879
neurodegeneration 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
1Thomas K KarikariWake Forest University Health Sciences$13,438,4302 gr2John AlamEip Pharma, Inc.$10,536,0181 gr3Swetha GowrishankarUniversity Of Illinois At Chicago$4,290,4673 gr4Michael J HowellUniversity Of Minnesota$3,826,3792 gr5Timothy I RichardsonIndiana University Indianapolis$3,613,9793 gr6Ganesh ChandWashington University$3,545,9942 gr
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
1Susan AbushakraAlzheon, Inc.$47,690,2441 gr2Leigh A JohnsonUniversity Of North Texas Hlth Sci Ctr$27,307,7745 gr3Maria C CarrilloIndiana University Indianapolis$19,489,8762 gr4Niccolo TerrandoDuke University$10,827,0505 gr5Xiaobo MaoJohns Hopkins University$9,123,5465 gr6Jessica AlberUniversity Of Rhode Island$8,348,8171 gr
All-Time
All years
1Randall J BatemanWashington University$75,725,1223 gr2Jose A LuchsingerColumbia University Health Sciences$68,482,6947 gr3Paul S. AisenCognition Therapeutics, Inc.$61,425,3054 gr4Susan AbushakraAlzheon, Inc.$47,690,2441 gr5Reisa A. SperlingBanner Health$44,707,5346 gr6Sterling C JohnsonSt. Joseph'S Hospital And Medical Center$41,119,9306 gr
Institutions
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Funding won recently
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Funding over the decade
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Cumulative funding