Institutions in California received $5.53B in NIH funding in fiscal year 2026 across 8,840 awards, #1 among states. University of California, San Francisco received the most, $906.0M, and the NCI was the largest funding institute.
| Rank | Institution | Awards | NIH funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of California, San Francisco | 1,622 | $906.0M |
| 2 | Stanford University | 1,242 | $737.2M |
| 3 | University of California, San Diego | 963 | $545.1M |
| 4 | University of California Los Angeles | 903 | $511.8M |
| 5 | University of Southern California | 549 | $415.0M |
| 6 | University of California at Davis | 577 | $358.4M |
| 7 | University of California-Irvine | 450 | $248.4M |
| 8 | Scripps Research Institute | 225 | $184.8M |
| 9 | University of California Berkeley | 306 | $146.6M |
| 10 | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | 211 | $130.2M |
| 11 | Kaiser Foundation Research Institute | 107 | $108.5M |
| 12 | Beckman Research Institute/City of Hope | 156 | $96.2M |
| 13 | Northern California Institute/Res/Edu | 41 | $73.8M |
| 14 | Cog Research Foundation, Llc | 6 | $70.0M |
| 15 | Salk Institute for Biological Studies | 86 | $67.8M |
| 16 | California Institute of Technology | 87 | $61.6M |
| 17 | Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | 78 | $56.1M |
| 18 | J. David Gladstone Institutes | 58 | $47.4M |
| 19 | San Diego State University | 89 | $41.0M |
| 20 | University of California Riverside | 92 | $38.1M |
| 21 | University of California Santa Cruz | 68 | $37.9M |
| 22 | La Jolla Institute for Immunology | 44 | $32.3M |
| 23 | Rand Corporation | 47 | $32.0M |
| 24 | University of Calif-Lawrenc Berkeley Lab | 38 | $30.6M |
| 25 | Children's Hospital of Los Angeles | 49 | $27.1M |
| Institute | Focus | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| NCI | cancer | $837.2M |
| NIA | aging and Alzheimer's disease | $804.8M |
| NIAID | infectious disease, immunology and allergy | $735.2M |
| NIGMS | basic biomedical science and research training | $435.9M |
| NHLBI | heart, lung, blood and sleep | $412.6M |
| NINDS | neurology and stroke | $377.7M |
| NIDDK | diabetes, digestive and kidney disease | $311.5M |
| NIMH | mental health | $280.5M |
| NIDA | addiction and substance use | $233.6M |
| NICHD | child health, pregnancy and development | $162.5M |
NIH awards to California institutions moved from $5.67B in fiscal year 2025 to $5.53B in 2026, a change of -2.5% against -0.3% nationally.
| Institution | FY2025 | FY2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, San Diego | $599.8M | $545.1M | -9.1% |
| University of California Los Angeles | $562.6M | $511.8M | -9.0% |
| Public Health Institute | $30.5M | $3.0M | -90.2% |
| Children's Hospital of Los Angeles | $50.7M | $27.1M | -46.6% |
| University of California Berkeley | $161.1M | $146.6M | -9.0% |
| Cog Research Foundation, Llc | $9.0M | $70.0M | +677.9% |
| Stanford University | $717.6M | $737.2M | +2.7% |
| University of California at Davis | $340.7M | $358.4M | +5.2% |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $115.8M | $130.2M | +12.5% |
| University of Southern California | $403.0M | $415.0M | +3.0% |
Largest decreases first, then largest increases. Every state compared.
See California university research spending (all sources, NSF HERD) and every federal funder.
California is #1 on NIH funding by state.