The following are the top 10 Physiology 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 2004 NIH research awards.

Vanderbilt University ($24.5)

Washington University (S15.4)

University of Pennsylvania ($16.8)

Medical College of Wisconsin ($15.5)

Wake Forest University ($15.2)

Columbia University ($12.2)

University of California - San Francisco ($12.1)

Oregon Health Sciences University ($12)

Case Western Reserve University ($11.5)

University of Virginia ($10.5)