← TopicsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
stem cells
Federal research funding — who funds it, who wins it, and how it's trended.
$64,027,481,912
Total funding
157,382
Grants
10
Funding agencies
2000–2026
Years
Funding over time
peak $4.6B · FY2000–26$5B$3.8B$2.5B$1.3B$0
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Who funds this — by agency
NIH$61,107,900,596 · 150701
NSF$2,544,388,624 · 3723
DOD$273,357,423 · 368
FDA$38,367,562 · 86
USDA$30,969,167 · 61
NASA$14,613,870 · 26
CDC$11,952,348 · 42
AHRQ$3,207,893 · 7
DOE$2,724,429 · 8
VA$0 · 2360
stem cells 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 gr2Supriya MenezesThe Emmes Company, Llc$25,277,0321 gr3Suma BabuMassachusetts General Hospital$20,303,2312 gr4Sabrina PaganoniMassachusetts General Hospital$20,303,2312 gr5Meera SampathSuny At Binghamton$9,956,4881 gr6Jennifer WiermanCornell University$7,750,0001 gr
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
1Douglas S. HawkinsChildren'S Hosp Of Philadelphia$157,315,1201 gr2Bronwen ShawMedical College Of Wisconsin$24,584,9712 gr3Jacob RuffCornell University$22,500,0002 gr4James Dale BerryBrigham And Women'S Hospital$20,303,2312 gr5Ethan DmitrovskyLeidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$20,250,4771 gr6Elke ArenholzCornell University$14,750,0001 gr
All-Time
All years
1Mary M HorowitzMedical College Of Wisconsin$220,248,4534 gr2David HeimbrookLeidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$161,931,3071 gr3Douglas S. HawkinsChildren'S Hosp Of Philadelphia$157,315,1201 gr4Jay Arnold TischfieldRutgers, The State Univ Of N.J.$73,044,5593 gr5Tatiana M. ForoudIndiana Univ-Purdue Univ At Indianapolis$70,591,6443 gr6Michelle M Le BeauUniversity Of Chicago$70,506,4232 gr
Institutions
Last 2 Years
Funding won recently
1Stanford University$114,380,852239 gr2Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai$104,842,807168 gr3Columbia University Health Sciences$101,625,608162 gr4University Of California, San Francisco$100,694,833191 gr5University Of Pennsylvania$97,117,722208 gr6Massachusetts General Hospital$87,074,585134 gr
Last 10 Years
Funding over the decade
1Stanford University$553,425,369214 gr2Columbia University Health Sciences$463,399,060191 gr3Massachusetts General Hospital$458,380,268149 gr4Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai$449,269,368178 gr5University Of California, San Francisco$409,418,311161 gr6University Of Pennsylvania$365,293,146168 gr
All-Time
Cumulative funding
1Stanford University$800,438,633228 gr2University Of California, San Francisco$553,010,466173 gr3Massachusetts General Hospital$499,648,371142 gr4Columbia University Health Sciences$496,153,015174 gr5University Of Pennsylvania$452,997,444151 gr6Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai$448,555,767157 gr