National Institutes of Health grant terminations have hit some states dramatically harder than others, with just three accounting for more than two-thirds of all rescinded funding this year, according to a June 17 report from Grant Watch.
Since March, more than $3.2 billion in NIH funding has been withdrawn from research institutions nationwide. This figure excludes any reinstated grants.
Massachusetts, New York and North Carolina absorbed more than 68% of these cuts, driven by significant funding losses at prominent research institutions such as Boston-based Harvard Medical School and Columbia University Health Sciences in New York City.
Grant Watch is a volunteer-led project that tracks terminated scientific research grants — specifically from the NIH and the National Science Foundation — under the Trump administration in 2025. The project compiles data from federal sources, self-reporting from researchers, news reports and social media.
Below is a state-by-state breakdown of NIH grant funding losses, offering a snapshot of where grant terminations are being felt the most.
- Massachusetts — $1,274,165,191
- New York — $487,367,224
- North Carolina — $466,815,638
- California — $214,912,854
- Texas — $98,966,858
- Illinois — $62,170,972
- Maryland — $53,224,780
- Pennsylvania — $52,482,360
- Florida — $49,874,234
- Georgia — $47,344,788
- Virginia — $41,884,854
- Tennessee — $38,459,415
- Michigan — $29,475,832
- New Mexico — $24,911,167
- Washington — $21,078,874
- Alabama — $20,333,671
- Ohio — $20,124,826
- Missouri — $18,558,555
- South Carolina — $17,259,541
- Connecticut — $17,251,253
- Minnesota — $16,701,395
- District of Columbia — $14,466,580
- Colorado — $11,476,134
- Hawaii — $11,205,193
- Arizona — $10,829,547
- Wisconsin — $10,438,517
- Delaware — $7,880,596
- Rhode Island — $7,503,956
- New Jersey — $7,037,359
- Oklahoma — $6,576,269
- Kentucky — $6,448,665
- Maine — $6,054,329
- Louisiana — $6,052,335
- Nevada — $6,018,231
- Indiana — $5,743,411
- Oregon — $5,073,443
- Arkansas — $2,802,353
- Nebraska — $2,544,281
- Mississippi — $1,955,909
- Utah — $1,947,297
- Alaska — $1,131,784
- South Dakota — $1,095,625
- Montana — $1,048,715
- Iowa — $783,032
- New Hampshire — $521,639
- Kansas — $374,022
- Idaho — $243,448
- North Dakota — $195,699
- Vermont — $185,156
- West Virginia — $0
- Wyoming — $0
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