How much funding does NIBIB give out?

$439.3M across 995 extramural awards in fiscal year 2026, per NIH RePORTER.

Which institutions get the most NIBIB funding?

Massachusetts General Hospital leads with $42.2M, followed by Johns Hopkins University ($35.1M) and Stanford University ($17.3M).

Where are current NIBIB funding opportunities posted?

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

How big is a typical NIBIB R01?

The median NIBIB R01 award amount in fiscal year 2026 was $562K across 384 R01s (annual award amount, direct plus indirect costs).

NIH institute profile · fiscal year 2026

NIBIB funding: who the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering funds (2026)

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) made 995 extramural awards worth $439.3M in fiscal year 2026. Massachusetts General Hospital received the most, $42.2M, and the median NIBIB R01 was $562K.

$439.3MNIBIB extramural awards

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$346Kmedian award

213funded institutions

Top 25 NIBIB-funded institutions

Rank	Institution	State	NIBIB funding
1	Massachusetts General Hospital	MA	$42.2M
2	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$35.1M
3	Stanford University	CA	$17.3M
4	Yale University	CT	$13.9M
5	Brigham and Women's Hospital	MA	$11.6M
6	University of California at Davis	CA	$11.4M
7	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$10.1M
8	University of Michigan at Ann Arbor	MI	$9.3M
9	Case Western Reserve University	OH	$8.9M
10	Washington University in St. Louis	MO	$8.0M
11	University of California, San Francisco	CA	$7.8M
12	Boston University (charles River Campus)	MA	$7.7M
13	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	NC	$7.3M
14	Northwestern University	IL	$7.1M
15	New York University School of Medicine	NY	$6.9M
16	University of Minnesota	MN	$6.8M
17	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	IL	$6.8M
18	University of Washington	WA	$6.1M
19	University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester	MA	$5.3M
20	Columbia University Health Sciences	NY	$5.0M
21	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$4.9M
22	Emory University	GA	$4.9M
23	Duke University	NC	$4.7M
24	Hugo W. Moser Research Institute Kennedy Krieger	MD	$4.7M
25	Rice University	TX	$4.4M

What kind of awards NIBIB makes

Award type	Funding	Share
Research projects (R)	$280.7M	64%
Cooperative agreements (U)	$75.9M	17%
Program projects and centers (P)	$59.7M	14%
Training grants (T)	$9.5M	2%
Other	$9.0M	2%
Career development (K)	$4.0M	1%
Fellowships (F)	$620K	0%

Top states for NIBIB funding

State	Funding
Massachusetts	$81.8M
California	$56.1M
Maryland	$42.3M
New York	$36.0M
Illinois	$23.2M
Texas	$19.0M
Pennsylvania	$17.4M
Connecticut	$16.0M
North Carolina	$15.9M
Minnesota	$13.2M

Focus area: imaging and bioengineering.

Questions

How much funding does NIBIB give out?: $439.3M across 995 extramural awards in fiscal year 2026, per NIH RePORTER.
Which institutions get the most NIBIB funding?: Massachusetts General Hospital leads with $42.2M, followed by Johns Hopkins University ($35.1M) and Stanford University ($17.3M).
Where are current NIBIB funding opportunities posted?: Open NIH funding opportunities, including NIBIB's, are posted in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts and on Grants.gov. This page shows where NIBIB money went, not open calls.
How big is a typical NIBIB R01?: The median NIBIB R01 award amount in fiscal year 2026 was $562K across 384 R01s (annual award amount, direct plus indirect costs).

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