Institutions in New York received $3.89B in NIH funding in fiscal year 2026 across 6,611 awards, #2 among states. Columbia University Health Sciences received the most, $649.4M, and the NCI was the largest funding institute.
| Rank | Institution | Awards | NIH funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia University Health Sciences | 1,093 | $649.4M |
| 2 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 827 | $547.2M |
| 3 | New York University School of Medicine | 728 | $503.8M |
| 4 | Weill Medical College of Cornell University | 608 | $390.6M |
| 5 | Memorial Sloan Kettering (Sloan Kettering Institute) | 423 | $274.1M |
| 6 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | 371 | $225.8M |
| 7 | University of Rochester | 451 | $218.9M |
| 8 | Cornell University | 222 | $113.2M |
| 9 | State University of New York at Buffalo | 212 | $94.7M |
| 10 | State University New York Stony Brook | 184 | $87.4M |
| 11 | New York University | 192 | $86.9M |
| 12 | New York State Psychiatric Institute Dba Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc | 105 | $58.3M |
| 13 | Rockefeller University | 108 | $56.5M |
| 14 | Feinstein Institute for Medical Research | 87 | $55.3M |
| 15 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | 103 | $47.3M |
| 16 | Columbia University New York Morningside | 105 | $42.9M |
| 17 | Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation | 75 | $42.8M |
| 18 | SUNY Downstate Medical Center | 35 | $29.6M |
| 19 | Upstate Medical University | 54 | $23.1M |
| 20 | New York Structural Biology Center | 8 | $18.3M |
| 21 | Albany Medical College | 34 | $18.2M |
| 22 | City College of New York | 32 | $17.5M |
| 23 | New York Genome Center | 11 | $15.8M |
| 24 | State University of Ny,binghamton | 43 | $14.7M |
| 25 | Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy | 17 | $13.0M |
| Institute | Focus | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| NCI | cancer | $714.5M |
| NIAID | infectious disease, immunology and allergy | $510.0M |
| NIA | aging and Alzheimer's disease | $443.5M |
| NHLBI | heart, lung, blood and sleep | $316.6M |
| NIGMS | basic biomedical science and research training | $296.9M |
| NIMH | mental health | $252.5M |
| NINDS | neurology and stroke | $250.4M |
| NIDDK | diabetes, digestive and kidney disease | $195.8M |
| NIDA | addiction and substance use | $152.9M |
| NICHD | child health, pregnancy and development | $110.3M |
NIH awards to New York institutions moved from $3.82B in fiscal year 2025 to $3.89B in 2026, a change of +1.9% against -0.3% nationally.
| Institution | FY2025 | FY2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University Health Sciences | $672.6M | $649.4M | -3.4% |
| Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute | $14.9M | $1.4M | -90.5% |
| Columbia University New York Morningside | $51.8M | $42.9M | -17.2% |
| Rockefeller University | $64.5M | $56.5M | -12.4% |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation | $48.5M | $42.8M | -11.7% |
| Weill Medical College of Cornell University | $352.8M | $390.6M | +10.7% |
| New York State Psychiatric Institute Dba Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc | $26.9M | $58.3M | +116.6% |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | $521.0M | $547.2M | +5.0% |
| University of Rochester | $200.7M | $218.9M | +9.1% |
| New York University School of Medicine | $486.8M | $503.8M | +3.5% |
Largest decreases first, then largest increases. Every state compared.
See New York university research spending (all sources, NSF HERD) and every federal funder.
New York is #2 on NIH funding by state.