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traumatic brain injury
Federal research funding — who funds it, who wins it, and how it's trended.
$5,645,451,787
Total funding
15,791
Grants
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2000–2025
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Who funds this — by agency
NIH$4,992,451,714 · 12164
DOD$486,676,643 · 341
NSF$83,842,427 · 201
CDC$50,903,569 · 114
DOE$22,576,296 · 1
AHRQ$6,303,607 · 26
ATSDR$2,352,084 · 5
FDA$345,447 · 1
VA$0 · 2938
traumatic brain injury 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
1Victoria Eleanor JohnsonUniversity Of Pennsylvania$4,628,3512 gr2Jeffrey B WareUniversity Of Pennsylvania$3,116,7291 gr3Kari HoffmanVanderbilt University$2,910,6732 gr4Tommi RaijMassachusetts General Hospital$2,674,7191 gr5Bonnie SachsWake Forest University Health Sciences$2,649,7741 gr6Timothy William DunnDuke University$2,387,8661 gr
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
1Catherine Daniela ChongMayo Clinic Arizona$5,263,7952 gr2Zhengxin CaiYale University$5,095,5062 gr3Frederic GeissmannSloan-Kettering Inst Can Research$5,019,7651 gr4Theodore E ListonAstrocyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$4,495,7042 gr5Jonathan D. RuppEmory University$4,377,5902 gr6Melissa Erin MurrayMayo Clinic Jacksonville$4,178,7021 gr
All-Time
All years
1Alan Ira FadenGeorgetown University$20,880,26211 gr2Pramod K DashUniversity Of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston$19,451,24611 gr3Kristen Dams-O'ConnorIcahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai$16,483,6384 gr4Michael J WhalenMassachusetts General Hospital$14,753,45615 gr5Mark D'espositoVa Northern California Health Care Sys$13,634,3335 gr6Douglas Hamilton SmithUniversity Of Pennsylvania$13,328,7197 gr
Institutions
Last 2 Years
Funding won recently
1Massachusetts General Hospital$12,914,52423 gr2University Of Pittsburgh At Pittsburgh$12,866,51224 gr3Children'S Hospital Of Los Angeles$10,337,9563 gr4University Of Michigan At Ann Arbor$10,078,68610 gr5Washington University$9,450,57714 gr6Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania, The$7,956,9971 gr
Last 10 Years
Funding over the decade
1University Of Pittsburgh At Pittsburgh$106,790,22392 gr2University Of Pennsylvania$84,307,73962 gr3Massachusetts General Hospital$81,024,02165 gr4University Of Southern California$77,099,88631 gr5University Of Michigan At Ann Arbor$70,772,32328 gr6University Of California Los Angeles$70,191,42556 gr
All-Time
Cumulative funding
1University Of Washington$219,970,57476 gr2University Of Pittsburgh At Pittsburgh$212,203,961181 gr3University Of Pennsylvania$149,862,763123 gr4Massachusetts General Hospital$128,544,21798 gr5University Of California Los Angeles$124,257,875127 gr6University Of Michigan At Ann Arbor$110,240,72749 gr