How dental schools rank in NIH research funding

The National Institutes of Health awarded more than $272 million in research funding to 48 dental schools in the U.S. last year, according to new data from the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.

The Blue Ridge Institute released data showing the amount of funding awarded to universities in the U.S. in 2024.

Here is how much each dental school received in 2024:

Dental school

Funding amount

University of California San Francisco

$23,165,190

University of Southern California

$21,686,615

University of Michigan Ann Arbor

$19,219,683

University of Pennsylvania

$18,634,267

New York University

$16,344,130

University of Florida

$14,521,323

State University of New York Buffalo

$14,203,405

University of Maryland Baltimore

$12,212,105

University of California Los Angeles

$10,248,034

University of Texas Health Science Center Houston

$9,057,748

University of Connecticut 

$7,262,538

Virginia Commonwealth University

$6,680,166

University of Minnesota

$6,405,826

University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

$6,116,110

Oregon Health and Science University

$5,964,186

University of Pittsburgh

$5,736,385

University of Alabama Birmingham

$5,596,257

University of Iowa

$5,212,191

University of Illinois Chicago

$4,817,267

University of Louisville

$4,786,936

Boston University Medical Campus

$4,634,946

Harvard Medical School

$4,563,294

University of Washington 

$4,534,108

Indiana University 

$3,237,444

Tufts University 

$3,057,132

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

$2,993,328

University of Colorado Denver

$2,975,244

Ohio State University

$2,951,688

Nova Southeastern University

$2,598,324

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

$2,455,956

Temple University

$2,451,978

Medical University of South Carolina

$2,341,402

Columbia University Health Sciences

$1,884,235

Texas A&M University Health Science Center

$1,876,358

Case Western Reserve University

$1,817,278

Loma Linda University

$1,606,196

Meharry Medical College

$1,600,983

University of Missouri Kansas City

$1,568,557

University of Kentucky

$1,516,080

East Carolina University

$786,777

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans

$703,667

Augusta University

$659,686

University of Nebraska Medical Center

$399,198

University of Mississippi Medical Center

$310,000

Marquette University

$208,977

University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center

$185,563

University of The Pacific Stockton

$165,250

Howard University

$131,800

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