How much funding does NCATS give out?

$691.7M across 343 extramural awards in fiscal year 2026, per NIH RePORTER.

Which institutions get the most NCATS funding?

Vanderbilt University Medical Center leads with $23.0M, followed by University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh ($21.3M) and Johns Hopkins University ($19.7M).

Where are current NCATS funding opportunities posted?

Open NIH funding opportunities, including NCATS's, are posted in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts and on Grants.gov. This page shows where NCATS money went, not open calls.

NIH institute profile · fiscal year 2026

NCATS funding: who the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences funds (2026)

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) made 343 extramural awards worth $691.7M in fiscal year 2026. Vanderbilt University Medical Center received the most, $23.0M.

$691.7MNCATS extramural awards

343awards

$809Kmedian award

132funded institutions

Top 25 NCATS-funded institutions

Rank	Institution	State	NCATS funding
1	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	TN	$23.0M
2	University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh	PA	$21.3M
3	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$19.7M
4	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$16.8M
5	Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	OH	$15.6M
6	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	NC	$15.4M
7	Stanford University	CA	$15.2M
8	Weill Medical College of Cornell University	NY	$14.2M
9	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	NY	$14.1M
10	University of Texas Medical Br Galveston	TX	$14.0M
11	Tufts University Boston	MA	$13.8M
12	University of Michigan at Ann Arbor	MI	$13.7M
13	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	$13.4M
14	University of Washington	WA	$12.7M
15	Harvard Medical School	MA	$12.5M
16	University of California, San Francisco	CA	$12.3M
17	Washington University in St. Louis	MO	$12.3M
18	Emory University	GA	$12.2M
19	New York University School of Medicine	NY	$12.2M
20	University of California, San Diego	CA	$11.9M
21	Oregon Health & Science University	OR	$11.9M
22	University of California Los Angeles	CA	$11.5M
23	Columbia University Health Sciences	NY	$11.4M
24	Duke University	NC	$11.4M
25	Case Western Reserve University	OH	$11.3M

What kind of awards NCATS makes

Award type	Funding	Share
Cooperative agreements (U)	$535.9M	77%
Career development (K)	$64.3M	9%
Research projects (R)	$55.7M	8%
Training grants (T)	$26.2M	4%
Other	$9.5M	1%

Top states for NCATS funding

State	Funding
California	$94.5M
New York	$73.2M
Massachusetts	$61.6M
Pennsylvania	$57.1M
Texas	$42.4M
Ohio	$39.9M
North Carolina	$36.5M
Tennessee	$23.0M
Illinois	$22.9M
Maryland	$19.7M

Focus area: translational science.

Questions

How much funding does NCATS give out?: $691.7M across 343 extramural awards in fiscal year 2026, per NIH RePORTER.
Which institutions get the most NCATS funding?: Vanderbilt University Medical Center leads with $23.0M, followed by University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh ($21.3M) and Johns Hopkins University ($19.7M).
Where are current NCATS funding opportunities posted?: Open NIH funding opportunities, including NCATS's, are posted in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts and on Grants.gov. This page shows where NCATS money went, not open calls.

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