← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL
$139,173,434
Total funding
389
Grants
Funding over time
peak $13.9M · FY2005–25$20M$15M$10M$5M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NSF$72,511,205 · 258
NIH$31,258,524 · 75
DOE$20,893,075 · 38
DOD$11,394,232 · 9
USDA$1,148,581 · 2
NASA$1,074,633 · 4
CDC$893,185 · 2
AHRQ$0 · 1
By mechanism
—$107,021,725 · 311
R15$14,082,865 · 45
R01$8,059,815 · 6
R37$3,504,555 · 1
R21$2,393,604 · 8
R03$1,392,877 · 12
Investigators at Northern Illinois University
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
Largest grants
NORTHERN ILLINOIS PROTON TREATMENT AND RESEARCH CENTER$6,664,247
· FY2008 · Department of the Army
Collaborative Research: AGS-FIRP Track 3: In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail In the Plains (ICECHIP)$3,868,290
· FY2024 · GEO
TAS::89 0321::TAS NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECTS TO BENEFIT THE RAILROAD INDUSTRY.$2,957,081
· FY2010 · Department of Energy
C^2-THE-P^2 = CHICAGOLAND COMPUTATIONAL TRAINEESHIP IN HIGH ENERGY AND PARTICLE PHYSICS$2,225,541
· FY2023 · Department of Energy
MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN USING ARA 290$2,197,573
· FY2011 · Department of Defense
Collaborative Research: Integrative Study of Marine Ice Sheet Stability and Subglacial Life Habitats - Robotic Access to Grounding-zones for Exploration and Science (RAGES)$2,175,868
· FY2009 · GEO
PROMISE: Providing Resources and Opportunities to Maximize Interest in STEM Education$2,000,000
· FY2011 · EDU
Scholarships and Enhanced Mentoring to Promote Equity and Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics$1,999,999
· FY2025 · EDU
Strategic Alliance to Advance Technological Education in Rockford, Illinois Public Schools, Grades 7-12$1,500,000
· FY2000 · EDU
Northern Illinois Noyce Science Teaching Scholarship and Internship Program$1,450,000
· FY2022 · EDU
MRI: Acquisition of High Brilliance X-ray Optical Components for the ChemMatCARS Synchrotron X-ray Resource at the Advanced Photon Source$1,394,765
· FY2007 · MPS
SCALABLE INTEGRATION OF CO2 CAPTURE AND ELECTROCATALYTIC CONVERSION TO ORGANIC LIQUIDS$1,275,828
· FY2021 · Department of Energy
DYNAMICAL AND NON-EQUILBRIUM EFFECTS IN HIGHER-ORDER AND PUMP AND PROBE X-RAY SCATTERING$1,194,674
· FY2009 · Department of Energy
IUCRC Phase I Northern Illinois University: Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Convective Storms (CIRCS)$1,116,825
· FY2025 · GEO
POLARIZED X-RAYS AS A PROBE OF SPIN POLARIZATION AND INTERFACE AND CONFINEMENT EFFECTS: A THEORETICAL APPROACH$1,080,000
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
Searches for New Phenomena in the Higgs Sector at the LHC$1,050,000
· FY2021 · MPS
Scholarships and Enhanced Mentoring to Support Graduation of Students in Science and Mathematics$1,000,000
· FY2019 · EDU
Searches for New Phenomena with High Energy Particle Colliders$1,000,000
· FY2009 · MPS
TAS::89 0222::TAS; NEW; UNIQUE METHODOLOGIES FOR NANO-/MICRO-MANUFACTURING JOB TRAINING VIA DESKTOP SUPERCOMPUTER MODELING AND SIMULATION; CLYDE KIMB$971,993
· FY2010 · Department of Energy
Long-term outcomes of childhood-onset epilepsy$935,033
R37 · FY2010 · NS