UW Department of Medicine climbs to 12th in the nation for NIH funding

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The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR) has listed the University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine as 12th in the nation for departments of internal medicine receiving research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2023, up from 25th in 2022.

Chart describing overall annual NIH funding to the University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine, 2019 to 2023. Source: Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research and the National Institutes for Health.

Among the research funded in the last fiscal year is the Clarity in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Research Through Imaging (CLARiTI) study. At $150 million, the five-year CLARiTI study grant is the largest award from the NIH in the history of UW–Madison.

All data are derived from NIH year-end composite data for the federal fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, as released on the NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool.

View the full BRIMR rankings of NIH funding here.

Matt Mallum, MFA