NIH institute profile · fiscal year 2026

NCCIH funding: who the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health funds (2026)

The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) made 268 extramural awards worth $178.9M in fiscal year 2026. University of Utah received the most, $8.0M, and the median NCCIH R01 was $642K.

$178.9MNCCIH extramural awards
268awards
$566Kmedian award
124funded institutions

Top 25 NCCIH-funded institutions

RankInstitutionStateNCCIH funding
1University of UtahUT$8.0M
2University of California Los AngelesCA$7.4M
3University of Maryland BaltimoreMD$7.0M
4Weill Medical College of Cornell UniversityNY$6.8M
5Duke UniversityNC$6.3M
6University of California, San FranciscoCA$6.2M
7University of California, San DiegoCA$5.8M
8Massachusetts General HospitalMA$5.6M
9Yale UniversityCT$4.6M
10Scripps Research InstituteCA$4.4M
11Washington University in St. LouisMO$4.3M
12Brigham and Women's HospitalMA$3.9M
13University of California-IrvineCA$3.7M
14Memorial Sloan Kettering (Sloan Kettering Institute)NY$3.7M
15University of Michigan at Ann ArborMI$3.5M
16University of Pittsburgh at PittsburghPA$3.4M
17University of IowaIA$3.0M
18Butler Hospital (providence, Ri)RI$2.9M
19University of ChicagoIL$2.8M
20Northwestern UniversityIL$2.7M
21Brown UniversityRI$2.5M
22Stanford UniversityCA$2.4M
23University of MinnesotaMN$2.4M
24Oregon Health & Science UniversityOR$2.2M
25Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterMA$2.2M

What kind of awards NCCIH makes

Award typeFundingShare
Research projects (R)$129.5M72%
Cooperative agreements (U)$36.9M21%
Career development (K)$5.8M3%
Other$3.9M2%
Training grants (T)$2.3M1%
Fellowships (F)$422K0%

Top states for NCCIH funding

StateFunding
California$36.0M
Massachusetts$19.3M
New York$15.0M
North Carolina$9.7M
Maryland$9.1M
Illinois$8.5M
Pennsylvania$8.4M
Utah$8.0M
Rhode Island$6.5M
Connecticut$5.2M

Focus area: complementary and integrative health.

Questions

How much funding does NCCIH give out?
$178.9M across 268 extramural awards in fiscal year 2026, per NIH RePORTER.
Which institutions get the most NCCIH funding?
University of Utah leads with $8.0M, followed by University of California Los Angeles ($7.4M) and University of Maryland Baltimore ($7.0M).
Where are current NCCIH funding opportunities posted?
Open NIH funding opportunities, including NCCIH's, are posted in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts and on Grants.gov. This page shows where NCCIH money went, not open calls.
How big is a typical NCCIH R01?
The median NCCIH R01 award amount in fiscal year 2026 was $642K across 104 R01s (annual award amount, direct plus indirect costs).

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