The UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry ranked first in Texas and 7th nationally in National Institutes of Health research funding among 71 accredited dental schools during the federal fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2022, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Biomedical Research, an independent nonprofit organization.
Blue Ridge rankings are generated annually from NIH reports of health science research funding, which represent the largest public source of such funding to biomedical research institutions in the world.
The school received $11,258,229 in federal funding from the NIH in fiscal 2022, climbing nine spots from 16th nationally in 2021, and well ahead of other Texas dental schools. The total represented a 123% jump in NIH funding from $5.05 million the previous federal fiscal year.