Obesity Research Funding: NIH Grants

• 579NIH projects (fiscal year 2025)
• $292.8 millionawarded (fiscal year 2025)

Each number has its full source under its own list below.

1. 1A Randomized Controlled Trial Of Food Is Medicine Approaches For Obesity Treatment In Adults With Food InsecurityJohns Hopkins University · fiscal year 2025$3.7 million
2. 2The Role Of Macrophages In Weight Loss-induced Metabolic Health And Adipose Tissue Inflammation ResolutionUniversity Of Chicago · fiscal year 2025$3.3 million
3. 3Real World Use Of Anti-obesity Medications To Treat Adolescent Obesity: Moving Beyond The Clinical TrialDuke University · fiscal year 2025$3.1 million
4. 4Fim+dash: A Randomized Food Is Medicine Trial To Promote Healthy Eating And Blood Pressure Control In Hypertensive Black Women With ObesityUniversity Of Illinois At Chicago · fiscal year 2025$3 million
5. 5Engineered Metabolite-based Nanoparticles For Immunomodulation Of Macrophages To Treat ObesityUniversity Of Cincinnati · fiscal year 2025$2.9 million
6. 6Investigating Novel Mitochondrial Mechanisms Of Obesity PathogenesisUniv Of Massachusetts Med Sch Worcester · fiscal year 2025$2.6 million
7. 7Decoding Mechanisms Underlying Metabolic Dysregulation In Obesity And Digestive Cancer RiskBrigham And Women's Hospital · fiscal year 2025$2.6 million
8. 8Kansas Center For Metabolism And Obesity Research (kc-more)University Of Kansas Medical Center · fiscal year 2025$2.3 million
9. 9Obesity-driven Alterations In Humoral B Cell ImmunityUniversity Of Texas Hlth Science Center · fiscal year 2025$2.2 million
10. 10Epitranscriptomics In Human Obesity And Type 2 DiabetesJoslin Diabetes Center · fiscal year 2025$2 million

Source: NIH RePORTER, NIH-funded projects and award amounts, fiscal year 2025. Retrieved 12 Nov 2026.

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