Dental schools in the U.S. received more than $263.4 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health in 2025, 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 2025.
Here is what 48 U.S. dental schools received from the NIH last year:
University of California San Francisco: $27,617,484
University of Southern California (Los Angeles): $21,342,587
University of Michigan Ann Arbor: $16,407,309
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia): $14,981,395
New York University (New York City): $14,381,126
University of California Los Angeles: $14,316,904
University of Florida (Gainesville): $13,794,978
University of Maryland Baltimore: $12,281,418
University of Texas San Antonio: $9,770,084
Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond): $7,528,030
University of Pittsburgh: $7,482,168
University of Connecticut (Farmington): $7,435,461
State University of New York Buffalo: $6,975,982
Oregon Health & Science University: $6,624,697
University of Alabama Birmingham: $6,436,894
University of Minnesota (Minneapolis): $6,092,351
University of Louisville (Ky.): $5,609,435
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston: $5,264,158
University of Iowa (Iowa City): $4,335,907
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: $4,144,393
University of Illinois Chicago: $3,822,510
University of Washington Seattle: $3,468,238
Ohio State University: $3,143,454
Indiana University (Indianapolis): $3,054,646
Boston University Medical Campus: $3,006,780
Harvard Medical School (Boston): $2,850,532
Columbia University Health Sciences (New York City): $2,767,452
Augusta (Ga.) University: $2,664,296
University of Colorado Denver: $2,632,077
University of Kentucky (Lexington): $2,463,126
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland): $1,807,445
Rutgers University (Newark, N.J.): $1,802,827
Temple University (Philadelphia): $1,764,085
University of Nebraska Medical Center (Lincoln): $1,611,298
Meharry Medical College (Nashville, Tenn.): $1,604,304
Loma Linda (Calif.) University: $1,579,965
Midwestern University (Glendale, Ariz.): $1,576,656
Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Bryan): $1,513,293
University of the Pacific (Stockton, Calif.): $1,103,377
University of Missouri Kansas City: $1,090,696
Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston): $1,016,382
University of Utah (Salt Lake City): $1,000,013
Nova Southeastern University (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.): $901,969
East Carolina University (Greenville, N.C.): $826,522
Tufts University Boston: $690,504
Louisiana State University (New Orleans): $587,946
Howard University (Washington, D.C.): $131,800
Midwestern University (Downers Grove, Ill.): $105,450
