NIH RePORTER · fiscal years 2025 and 2026

NIH funding 2026 vs 2025: change by state and institution

NIH extramural awards went from $39.53B in fiscal year 2025 to $39.42B in 2026, a change of -0.3%, while the number of awards went from 69,308 to 66,657. Funding fell in 26 of 52 states and territories, and Nevada had the largest drop (-23.8%).

-0.3%NIH extramural dollars, FY2026 vs FY2025
-$103.8Mchange in dollars
-2,651change in number of awards
26states and territories with less

Change by state

StateFY2025FY2026Change
Nevada$50.8M$38.7M-23.8%
Idaho$42.1M$32.2M-23.4%
North Dakota$32.1M$24.8M-22.7%
Puerto Rico$85.3M$72.3M-15.2%
Tennessee$879.5M$759.4M-13.7%
Hawaii$87.8M$80.4M-8.4%
Arkansas$120.7M$110.6M-8.4%
South Carolina$299.6M$276.6M-7.7%
Delaware$114.2M$108.1M-5.4%
Oregon$462.7M$440.9M-4.7%
Maryland$1.56B$1.49B-4.3%
Maine$165.9M$158.9M-4.2%
Florida$1.03B$992.9M-3.9%
Kentucky$274.2M$263.5M-3.9%
West Virginia$64.0M$62.1M-3.0%
Washington$1.36B$1.32B-2.9%
California$5.67B$5.53B-2.5%
Connecticut$880.5M$862.3M-2.1%
Arizona$462.3M$455.2M-1.5%
New Jersey$472.0M$465.8M-1.3%
District of Columbia$224.5M$222.3M-1.0%
Massachusetts$3.68B$3.65B-0.8%
Texas$2.09B$2.07B-0.8%
Oklahoma$206.5M$205.1M-0.7%
New Hampshire$169.9M$169.0M-0.5%
Montana$60.3M$60.1M-0.3%
Iowa$213.2M$213.8M+0.3%
Pennsylvania$2.53B$2.55B+0.5%
Louisiana$237.6M$239.4M+0.8%
Colorado$585.7M$592.4M+1.1%
Georgia$822.0M$837.3M+1.9%
New York$3.82B$3.89B+1.9%
Utah$312.9M$320.4M+2.4%
Ohio$1.05B$1.08B+2.6%
Michigan$1.10B$1.13B+2.7%
Missouri$978.5M$1.01B+2.8%
Virginia$562.9M$579.9M+3.0%
North Carolina$1.73B$1.79B+3.1%
Indiana$456.5M$472.3M+3.4%
Rhode Island$295.5M$307.9M+4.2%
Mississippi$70.5M$73.5M+4.3%
Nebraska$169.2M$177.3M+4.8%
Illinois$1.35B$1.42B+5.5%
New Mexico$159.7M$169.0M+5.8%
Alaska$23.7M$25.3M+6.8%
Alabama$395.9M$426.9M+7.8%
Minnesota$822.8M$887.3M+7.8%
Kansas$173.4M$188.1M+8.5%
Vermont$61.5M$68.1M+10.8%
Wisconsin$621.5M$707.1M+13.8%
South Dakota$39.4M$46.7M+18.6%
Wyoming$13.7M$17.9M+30.7%

Largest decreases by institution

Institutions with at least $20M in NIH awards in fiscal year 2025, by percentage change.

InstitutionStateFY2025FY2026Change
Public Health InstituteCA$30.5M$3.0M-90.2%
Ponce School of MedicinePR$22.5M$6.8M-69.6%
Buck Institute for Research on AgingCA$26.1M$13.0M-50.3%
Children's Hospital of Los AngelesCA$50.7M$27.1M-46.6%
Boise State UniversityID$20.9M$12.5M-40.3%
California Pacific Medical Center Research InstituteCA$25.2M$15.7M-37.6%
Versiti Blood Health, Inc.WI$23.1M$14.9M-35.2%
Meharry Medical CollegeTN$26.6M$17.4M-34.6%
University of California Santa BarbaraCA$26.8M$18.3M-31.7%
Clemson UniversitySC$31.5M$23.1M-26.6%
Loyola University ChicagoIL$27.2M$20.0M-26.4%
University of Tennessee Health Science CenterTN$52.5M$38.8M-26.1%
University of California Santa CruzCA$50.1M$37.9M-24.4%
Westat, Inc.MD$114.7M$86.8M-24.3%
University of North Texas Health Science CenterTX$100.9M$78.7M-22.0%
University of Nevada RenoNV$35.6M$28.2M-20.7%
Louisiana State University A&m Col Baton RougeLA$28.2M$22.5M-20.4%
Boston University (charles River Campus)MA$73.4M$58.7M-20.1%
Carnegie-Mellon UniversityPA$35.2M$28.2M-19.9%
University of Nebraska LincolnNE$24.8M$19.8M-19.9%
University of Kansas LawrenceKS$36.2M$29.1M-19.5%
University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesAR$81.0M$65.7M-18.9%
Wayne State UniversityMI$91.5M$74.3M-18.8%
Florida International UniversityFL$49.9M$40.5M-18.7%
ECOG-ACRIN Medical Research FoundationPA$48.8M$39.7M-18.7%

Largest increases by institution

InstitutionStateFY2025FY2026Change
New York State Psychiatric Institute Dba Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, IncNY$26.9M$58.3M+116.6%
Research Triangle InstituteNC$90.8M$151.3M+66.7%
Family Health InternationalNC$25.9M$40.0M+54.2%
Hackensack University Medical CenterNJ$40.0M$61.5M+53.7%
Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health SciencesMI$53.1M$78.8M+48.5%
National Opinion Research CenterIL$58.4M$84.4M+44.4%
Tufts Medical CenterMA$25.9M$37.1M+43.1%
University of Rhode IslandRI$24.3M$34.7M+42.7%
Dartmouth-Hitchcock ClinicNH$23.0M$31.2M+35.4%
University of HoustonTX$37.9M$50.9M+34.2%
Washington State UniversityWA$31.2M$41.7M+33.8%
University of Massachusetts AmherstMA$45.9M$60.3M+31.4%
Medical College of WisconsinWI$114.1M$147.2M+29.0%
Oregon State UniversityOR$23.4M$30.2M+28.8%
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical CenterAZ$24.8M$31.6M+27.6%

Change by NIH institute

InstituteFY2025FY2026Change
NIMHD$605.0M$459.8M-24.0%
NLM$96.2M$83.5M-13.2%
FIC$103.3M$93.9M-9.1%
OD$1.26B$1.17B-7.3%
NCCIH$188.1M$178.9M-4.9%
NINR$154.8M$149.0M-3.7%
NHLBI$3.47B$3.44B-1.0%
NCI$5.75B$5.69B-1.0%
NIMH$1.92B$1.91B-0.6%
NIDA$1.53B$1.53B-0.6%
NINDS$2.56B$2.56B-0.0%
NIBIB$439.4M$439.3M-0.0%
NIGMS$3.53B$3.54B+0.0%
NIAAA$502.5M$503.2M+0.1%
NHGRI$459.7M$460.6M+0.2%
NIDCD$452.5M$454.2M+0.4%
NEI$721.3M$726.0M+0.7%
NIEHS$644.3M$649.3M+0.8%
NIDDK$2.19B$2.21B+1.2%
NIDCR$411.9M$418.5M+1.6%
NIAID$5.01B$5.09B+1.6%
NIA$4.60B$4.68B+1.7%
NICHD$1.58B$1.62B+2.0%
NCATS$672.8M$691.7M+2.8%
NIAMS$654.4M$680.7M+4.0%

Questions

Did NIH funding go down in 2026?
NIH extramural awards went from $39.53B in fiscal year 2025 to $39.42B in 2026, a change of -0.3%, while the number of awards went from 69,308 to 66,657. Funding fell in 26 of 52 states and territories, and Nevada had the largest drop (-23.8%).
Which institutions lost the most NIH funding in 2026?
Among institutions with at least $20M in NIH awards in fiscal year 2025, the largest percentage drops were Public Health Institute (-90.2%); Ponce School of Medicine (-69.6%); Buck Institute for Research on Aging (-50.3%).
Why do NIH totals change from year to year?
Awards start and end, budgets change, and NIH can change how it times payments, for example by paying several years of a grant at once. These figures are what NIH RePORTER lists for each fiscal year, so they show where money was committed, not why it moved.

Current year rankings: NIH funding by institution and by state.