NIH grant funding holds steady in Ohio, despite threats of cuts

Despite last year’s threatened cuts to National Institutes of Health funding grants, Ohio received about $1.01 billion in NIH grants and contracts during the fiscal year 2025 — almost equal to what the state received in 2024, according to a recent annual analysis (Source: “Ohio holds steady at $1B in NIH grants despite funding threats,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, March 23).
 
NIH grants in fiscal year 2025 -- which ran from October 2024 through September 2025 -- drove $2.6 billion in statewide economic impact and supported more than 12,000 Ohio jobs, according to United for Medical Research’s annual analysis of the economic impact of NIH research funding.
 
The top five NIH-funded institutions in Ohio in 2025 were Ohio State University, Case Western Reserve University, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati and Children’s Hospital in Columbus. Those same institutions were the top NIH-funded institutions in Ohio in 2024.