How much funding does NCI give out?

$5.69B across 10,307 extramural awards in fiscal year 2026, per NIH RePORTER.

Which institutions get the most NCI funding?

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center leads with $194.3M, followed by Memorial Sloan Kettering (Sloan Kettering Institute) ($189.6M) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ($179.4M).

Where are current NCI funding opportunities posted?

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

How big is a typical NCI R01?

The median NCI R01 award amount in fiscal year 2026 was $586K across 3,405 R01s (annual award amount, direct plus indirect costs).

NIH institute profile · fiscal year 2026

NCI funding: who the National Cancer Institute funds (2026)

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) made 10,307 extramural awards worth $5.69B in fiscal year 2026. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center received the most, $194.3M, and the median NCI R01 was $586K.

$5.69BNCI extramural awards

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$404Kmedian award

566funded institutions

Top 25 NCI-funded institutions

Rank	Institution	State	NCI funding
1	University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	TX	$194.3M
2	Memorial Sloan Kettering (Sloan Kettering Institute)	NY	$189.6M
3	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	MA	$179.4M
4	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	WA	$149.9M
5	University of California, San Francisco	CA	$142.9M
6	University of Michigan at Ann Arbor	MI	$118.1M
7	Washington University in St. Louis	MO	$117.8M
8	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$115.6M
9	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$114.4M
10	Stanford University	CA	$100.6M
11	Mayo Clinic Rochester	MN	$98.9M
12	Columbia University Health Sciences	NY	$96.3M
13	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	NC	$93.9M
14	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	NY	$92.0M
15	Massachusetts General Hospital	MA	$86.6M
16	New York University School of Medicine	NY	$86.3M
17	UT Southwestern Medical Center	TX	$80.5M
18	Yale University	CT	$79.1M
19	University of Southern California	CA	$76.1M
20	Northwestern University	IL	$75.3M
21	Ohio State University	OH	$73.0M
22	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$71.6M
23	University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh	PA	$71.2M
24	Cog Research Foundation, Llc	CA	$70.0M
25	Baylor College of Medicine	TX	$67.9M

What kind of awards NCI makes

Award type	Funding	Share
Research projects (R)	$2.82B	49%
Program projects and centers (P)	$1.32B	23%
Cooperative agreements (U)	$1.25B	22%
Other	$113.2M	2%
Career development (K)	$111.2M	2%
Training grants (T)	$54.0M	1%
Fellowships (F)	$20.9M	0%

Top states for NCI funding

State	Funding
California	$837.2M
New York	$714.5M
Massachusetts	$476.8M
Texas	$444.0M
Pennsylvania	$395.0M
Washington	$213.2M
Illinois	$211.8M
North Carolina	$201.7M
Ohio	$184.9M
Maryland	$165.4M

Focus area: cancer.

Questions

How much funding does NCI give out?: $5.69B across 10,307 extramural awards in fiscal year 2026, per NIH RePORTER.
Which institutions get the most NCI funding?: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center leads with $194.3M, followed by Memorial Sloan Kettering (Sloan Kettering Institute) ($189.6M) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ($179.4M).
Where are current NCI funding opportunities posted?: Open NIH funding opportunities, including NCI's, are posted in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts and on Grants.gov. This page shows where NCI money went, not open calls.
How big is a typical NCI R01?: The median NCI R01 award amount in fiscal year 2026 was $586K across 3,405 R01s (annual award amount, direct plus indirect costs).

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