NIH institute profile · fiscal year 2026

OD funding: who the NIH Office of the Director funds (2026)

The NIH Office of the Director (OD) made 694 extramural awards worth $1.17B in fiscal year 2026. National Opinion Research Center received the most, $56.6M.

$1.17BOD extramural awards
694awards
$676Kmedian award
214funded institutions

Top 25 OD-funded institutions

RankInstitutionStateOD funding
1National Opinion Research CenterIL$56.6M
2Four Points Technology, LlcVA$50.3M
3Research Triangle InstituteNC$43.3M
4Mayo Clinic RochesterMN$43.0M
5Oregon Health & Science UniversityOR$32.9M
6Vanderbilt University Medical CenterTN$31.7M
7Duke UniversityNC$31.0M
8Broad Institute, Inc.MA$31.0M
9University of California at DavisCA$30.4M
10University of Alabama at BirminghamAL$28.9M
11Carahsoft Technology CorporationVA$28.2M
12University of Wisconsin-MadisonWI$25.7M
13University of New Mexico Health Sciences CenterNM$25.3M
14University of North Carolina Chapel HillNC$24.8M
15University of WashingtonWA$23.5M
16Johns Hopkins UniversityMD$20.9M
17Tulane University of LouisianaLA$19.6M
18Emory UniversityGA$19.1M
19Dell Federal Systems L.p.TX$18.1M
20University of Missouri-ColumbiaMO$17.0M
21University of PennsylvaniaPA$15.9M
22Baylor College of MedicineTX$15.3M
23Yale UniversityCT$13.9M
24Jackson LaboratoryME$13.8M
25University of Puerto Rico Medical SciencesPR$12.5M

What kind of awards OD makes

Award typeFundingShare
Other$708.7M61%
Cooperative agreements (U)$280.4M24%
Program projects and centers (P)$113.6M10%
Research projects (R)$56.5M5%
Training grants (T)$5.2M0%
Career development (K)$2.2M0%
Fellowships (F)$75K0%

Top states for OD funding

StateFunding
North Carolina$102.5M
California$98.9M
Virginia$86.7M
Illinois$71.5M
Texas$70.2M
Massachusetts$67.8M
Minnesota$55.2M
New York$53.5M
Wisconsin$40.7M
Oregon$40.5M

Focus area: cross-NIH programs.

Questions

How much funding does OD give out?
$1.17B across 694 extramural awards in fiscal year 2026, per NIH RePORTER.
Which institutions get the most OD funding?
National Opinion Research Center leads with $56.6M, followed by Four Points Technology, Llc ($50.3M) and Research Triangle Institute ($43.3M).
Where are current OD funding opportunities posted?
Open NIH funding opportunities, including OD's, are posted in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts and on Grants.gov. This page shows where OD money went, not open calls.

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