Department Strength
Compare universities within a research field using public funding, faculty influence, citations, and rising-star concentration. Funding is a background signal, not a guarantee that a department or lab is recruiting.
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| # | Institution | Profs | Avg h | Citations | Funding | Rising |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broad Institute | 67 | 57.6 | 3,826,305 | $85M–$86M | 1% |
| 2 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | 42 | 65.0 | 1,657,009 | $19M–$20M | 0% |
| — | Grand Rapids Community CollegeInsufficient sample | 1 | 39.0 | 4,789 | $12M–$13M | 0% |
| 3 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | 57 | 45.5 | 1,763,405 | $11M–$12M | 0% |
| — | University of California SystemInsufficient sample | 1 | 41.0 | 32,860 | $10M–$11M | 0% |
| — | Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of ChinaInsufficient sample | 1 | 135.0 | 127,343 | $10M–$11M | 0% |
| — | University of LouisvilleInsufficient sample | 1 | 62.0 | 23,894 | $9M–$10M | 0% |
| — | Bridgewater CollegeInsufficient sample | 1 | 52.0 | 31,129 | $9M–$10M | 0% |
| 4 | New York Genome Center | 4 | 41.3 | 64,448 | $9M–$10M | 0% |
| 5 | City Of Hope National Medical Center | 3 | 74.3 | 108,647 | $8M–$9M | 0% |
| 6 | Johns Hopkins University | 16 | 65.8 | 887,489 | $7M–$8M | 0% |
| 7 | Cornell University | 10 | 43.5 | 327,773 | $7M–$8M | 0% |
| 8 | University of California, San Francisco | 7 | 52.4 | 200,582 | $6M–$7M | 14% |
| — | University of Notre DameInsufficient sample | 1 | 58.0 | 19,206 | $6M–$7M | 0% |
| — | Yale Cancer CenterInsufficient sample | 2 | 115.0 | 146,069 | $4M–$5M | 0% |
| 9 | Translational Genomics Research Institute | 8 | 45.1 | 301,854 | $4M–$5M | 0% |
| 10 | Washington University in St. Louis | 10 | 58.0 | 532,077 | $4M–$5M | 0% |
| 11 | Stanford University | 3 | 59.0 | 109,844 | $4M–$5M | 0% |
| — | Ningbo UniversityInsufficient sample | 1 | 66.0 | 32,059 | $4M–$5M | 0% |
| — | Tuskegee UniversityInsufficient sample | 1 | 9.0 | 445 | $4M–$5M | 0% |
| 12 | University of California, Santa Cruz | 5 | 52.8 | 229,629 | $4M–$5M | 0% |
| — | Qingdao UniversityInsufficient sample | 2 | 103.5 | 225,162 | $4M–$5M | 0% |
| 13 | University of California San Diego | 5 | 49.0 | 343,331 | $4M–$5M | 0% |
| — | NYU Langone’s Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer CenterInsufficient sample | 1 | 5.0 | 308 | $3M–$4M | 0% |
| — | The University of Kansas Cancer CenterInsufficient sample | 1 | 38.0 | 43,243 | $3M–$4M | 0% |
| — | Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South AfricaInsufficient sample | 2 | 58.0 | 88,379 | $3M–$4M | 0% |
| 14 | Ontario Institute for Cancer Research | 21 | 30.8 | 471,610 | $3M–$4M | 0% |
| — | Allen Institute for Brain ScienceInsufficient sample | 2 | 43.5 | 50,646 | $2M–$3M | 0% |
| — | University of Wisconsin–MadisonInsufficient sample | 1 | 22.0 | 1,421 | $2M–$3M | 0% |
| — | Oklahoma Medical Research FoundationInsufficient sample | 1 | 48.0 | 17,155 | $2M–$3M | 0% |
| — | Institute for Systems BiologyInsufficient sample | 2 | 90.5 | 191,768 | $2M–$3M | 0% |
| — | Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesInsufficient sample | 1 | 43.0 | 16,371 | $2M–$3M | 0% |
| — | Center for Genomic ScienceInsufficient sample | 1 | 37.0 | 15,930 | $2M–$3M | 0% |
| 15 | Sage Bionetworks | 3 | 35.3 | 66,282 | $2M–$3M | 0% |
| — | AbbVie (United States)Insufficient sample | 1 | 51.0 | 27,288 | $2M–$3M | 0% |
| 16 | James S. McDonnell Foundation | 12 | 57.8 | 692,992 | $2M–$3M | 0% |
| 17 | Baylor College of Medicine | 12 | 66.7 | 655,544 | $2M–$3M | 0% |
| 18 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | 3 | 36.7 | 64,631 | $2M–$3M | 0% |
| 19 | University of Southern California | 4 | 57.3 | 138,572 | $2M–$3M | 0% |
| 20 | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | 14 | 26.4 | 258,460 | $1M–$2M | 0% |
| 21 | University of Pittsburgh | 3 | 53.7 | 37,247 | $1M–$2M | 0% |
| — | UC San Diego Health SystemInsufficient sample | 1 | 98.0 | 66,087 | $1M–$2M | 0% |
| — | Center for Neuro-OncologyInsufficient sample | 1 | 34.0 | 42,193 | $1M–$2M | 0% |
| 22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 25 | 68.4 | 1,599,852 | $1M–$2M | 0% |
| — | Carnegie Mellon UniversityInsufficient sample | 1 | 36.0 | 18,726 | $1M–$2M | 0% |
| — | Wannan Medical CollegeInsufficient sample | 1 | 81.0 | 27,031 | $1M–$2M | 0% |
| 23 | Oregon Health & Science University | 8 | 72.5 | 486,026 | $1M–$2M | 0% |
| — | University of Oklahoma Health Sciences CenterInsufficient sample | 1 | 20.0 | 16,407 | $1M–$2M | 0% |
| — | Boston Children's HospitalInsufficient sample | 1 | 27.0 | 4,057 | $1M–$2M | 0% |
| — | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusInsufficient sample | 1 | 72.0 | 20,674 | $1M–$2M | 0% |
Public funding totals are shown as ranges unless your account has access to exact matched NSF/NIH amounts. These records exclude startup and other non-NSF/NIH funding.