How much funding does NIDA give out?

$1.53B across 2,447 extramural awards in fiscal year 2026, per NIH RePORTER.

Which institutions get the most NIDA funding?

Yale University leads with $70.2M, followed by University of California, San Diego ($67.6M) and Johns Hopkins University ($54.4M).

Where are current NIDA funding opportunities posted?

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

How big is a typical NIDA R01?

The median NIDA R01 award amount in fiscal year 2026 was $656K across 923 R01s (annual award amount, direct plus indirect costs).

NIH institute profile · fiscal year 2026

NIDA funding: who the National Institute on Drug Abuse funds (2026)

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) made 2,447 extramural awards worth $1.53B in fiscal year 2026. Yale University received the most, $70.2M, and the median NIDA R01 was $656K.

$1.53BNIDA extramural awards

2,447awards

$481Kmedian award

361funded institutions

Top 25 NIDA-funded institutions

Rank	Institution	State	NIDA funding
1	Yale University	CT	$70.2M
2	University of California, San Diego	CA	$67.6M
3	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$54.4M
4	Washington University in St. Louis	MO	$44.6M
5	University of Michigan at Ann Arbor	MI	$35.8M
6	University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh	PA	$33.0M
7	New York University School of Medicine	NY	$29.8M
8	Stanford University	CA	$29.0M
9	University of Washington	WA	$28.8M
10	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	NY	$27.1M
11	University of California, San Francisco	CA	$25.9M
12	University of Kentucky	KY	$23.6M
13	Medical University of South Carolina	SC	$23.2M
14	University of Minnesota	MN	$22.3M
15	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$19.5M
16	University of Colorado Denver	CO	$19.4M
17	Oregon Health & Science University	OR	$18.2M
18	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	NC	$18.0M
19	Research Triangle Institute	NC	$16.6M
20	Wake Forest University Health Sciences	NC	$15.6M
21	University of California Los Angeles	CA	$15.5M
22	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences	NJ	$15.1M
23	University of Miami School of Medicine	FL	$15.0M
24	University of Maryland Baltimore	MD	$14.8M
25	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	$14.6M

What kind of awards NIDA makes

Award type	Funding	Share
Research projects (R)	$821.5M	54%
Cooperative agreements (U)	$455.9M	30%
Program projects and centers (P)	$107.1M	7%
Career development (K)	$63.0M	4%
Other	$49.6M	3%
Training grants (T)	$21.2M	1%
Fellowships (F)	$7.2M	0%

Top states for NIDA funding

State	Funding
California	$233.6M
New York	$152.9M
Massachusetts	$105.5M
Pennsylvania	$95.8M
Maryland	$94.3M
Connecticut	$76.1M
North Carolina	$66.2M
Washington	$50.8M
Missouri	$47.0M
Illinois	$46.8M

Focus area: addiction and substance use.

Questions

How much funding does NIDA give out?: $1.53B across 2,447 extramural awards in fiscal year 2026, per NIH RePORTER.
Which institutions get the most NIDA funding?: Yale University leads with $70.2M, followed by University of California, San Diego ($67.6M) and Johns Hopkins University ($54.4M).
Where are current NIDA funding opportunities posted?: Open NIH funding opportunities, including NIDA's, are posted in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts and on Grants.gov. This page shows where NIDA money went, not open calls.
How big is a typical NIDA R01?: The median NIDA R01 award amount in fiscal year 2026 was $656K across 923 R01s (annual award amount, direct plus indirect costs).

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