← TopicsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
optogenetics
Federal research funding — who funds it, who wins it, and how it's trended.
$7,840,305,614
Total funding
20,174
Grants
5
Funding agencies
2008–2025
Years
Funding over time
peak $837.9M · FY2008–25$1B$750M$500M$250M$0
'08
'09
'10
'11
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'14
'15
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Who funds this — by agency
NIH$7,659,424,090 · 19647
NSF$171,316,074 · 265
DOD$6,564,088 · 12
DOE$2,776,363 · 2
USDA$225,000 · 1
optogenetics leaderboards
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
1Cameron GoodNeurolux, Inc.$3,237,8644 gr2Aaron Michael KerlinUniversity Of Minnesota$3,063,0192 gr3Hao LiSalk Institute For Biological Studies$2,988,2733 gr4Qin ZhengJohns Hopkins University$2,714,8301 gr5Xiaobing ZhangFlorida State University$2,571,3022 gr6Brigitte LavoieUniversity Of Vermont & St Agric College$2,562,4263 gr
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
1Kei M IgarashiUniversity Of California-Irvine$10,363,9726 gr2Xin YuMassachusetts General Hospital$9,202,6207 gr3Weizhe HongUniversity Of California Los Angeles$8,109,8654 gr4Rui M. CostaColumbia University Health Sciences$8,065,2413 gr5Maisie Ky LoStanford University$7,949,8504 gr6Jayeeta BasuNew York University School Of Medicine$7,757,3414 gr
All-Time
All years
1Karl Alexander DeisserothStanford University$39,528,00012 gr2Ehud IsacoffUniversity Of California Berkeley$27,574,9894 gr3Edward M CallawaySalk Institute For Biological Studies$26,361,8068 gr4Hillel AdesnikUniversity Of California Berkeley$25,577,2728 gr5Michael R BruchasUniversity Of Washington$20,647,35314 gr6Jin Hyung LeeStanford University$20,638,6169 gr
Institutions
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