How much funding does NHGRI give out?

$460.6M across 508 extramural awards in fiscal year 2026, per NIH RePORTER.

Which institutions get the most NHGRI funding?

Stanford University leads with $33.4M, followed by Broad Institute, Inc. ($29.6M) and University of Washington ($22.7M).

Where are current NHGRI funding opportunities posted?

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

How big is a typical NHGRI R01?

The median NHGRI R01 award amount in fiscal year 2026 was $666K across 179 R01s (annual award amount, direct plus indirect costs).

NIH institute profile · fiscal year 2026

NHGRI funding: who the National Human Genome Research Institute funds (2026)

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) made 508 extramural awards worth $460.6M in fiscal year 2026. Stanford University received the most, $33.4M, and the median NHGRI R01 was $666K.

$460.6MNHGRI extramural awards

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$628Kmedian award

145funded institutions

Top 25 NHGRI-funded institutions

Rank	Institution	State	NHGRI funding
1	Stanford University	CA	$33.4M
2	Broad Institute, Inc.	MA	$29.6M
3	University of Washington	WA	$22.7M
4	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	NC	$16.0M
5	Jackson Laboratory	ME	$14.9M
6	Yale University	CT	$14.7M
7	Washington University in St. Louis	MO	$13.6M
8	Baylor College of Medicine	TX	$13.3M
9	Duke University	NC	$12.0M
10	Weill Medical College of Cornell University	NY	$10.1M
11	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	TN	$9.6M
12	Columbia University Health Sciences	NY	$8.5M
13	University of California Santa Cruz	CA	$8.3M
14	University of California, San Diego	CA	$7.9M
15	Brigham and Women's Hospital	MA	$7.6M
16	New York University School of Medicine	NY	$7.2M
17	University of California, San Francisco	CA	$6.8M
18	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$6.6M
19	Memorial Sloan Kettering (Sloan Kettering Institute)	NY	$6.5M
20	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	NY	$6.4M
21	California Institute of Technology	CA	$6.2M
22	Oregon Health & Science University	OR	$6.1M
23	University of Oregon	OR	$6.0M
24	University of Michigan at Ann Arbor	MI	$5.3M
25	Georgetown University	DC	$5.1M

What kind of awards NHGRI makes

Award type	Funding	Share
Cooperative agreements (U)	$242.7M	53%
Research projects (R)	$199.9M	43%
Training grants (T)	$10.5M	2%
Career development (K)	$4.8M	1%
Other	$2.2M	0%
Fellowships (F)	$615K	0%

Top states for NHGRI funding

State	Funding
California	$86.5M
Massachusetts	$66.9M
New York	$47.6M
North Carolina	$33.3M
Washington	$25.5M
Texas	$25.2M
Pennsylvania	$21.2M
Connecticut	$17.8M
Maine	$14.9M
Missouri	$13.7M

Focus area: genomics.

Questions

How much funding does NHGRI give out?: $460.6M across 508 extramural awards in fiscal year 2026, per NIH RePORTER.
Which institutions get the most NHGRI funding?: Stanford University leads with $33.4M, followed by Broad Institute, Inc. ($29.6M) and University of Washington ($22.7M).
Where are current NHGRI funding opportunities posted?: Open NIH funding opportunities, including NHGRI's, are posted in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts and on Grants.gov. This page shows where NHGRI money went, not open calls.
How big is a typical NHGRI R01?: The median NHGRI R01 award amount in fiscal year 2026 was $666K across 179 R01s (annual award amount, direct plus indirect costs).

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