The following are the top 10 Pharmacology Departments* in terms of total NIH awards. The amount of the awards, in millions, is given in parentheses. Institutions in bold are also among the top 25 medical schools in receipt of 2005 NIH research awards.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill ($21.3)

University of California - San Diego ($18.9)

University of Pennsylvania ($18.4)

Vanderbilt University ($17.3)

Duke University ($16.3)

University of Texas - Southwestern ($15.9)

University of Pittsburgh ($14.3)

Verginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine ($14.0)

University of California - Los Angeles ($14)

University of Illinois College of Medicine ($12.7)