Pain Research Funding: NIH Grants

• 1,338NIH projects (fiscal year 2025)
• $817.5 millionawarded (fiscal year 2025)

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

1. 1Screening Of Investigational Agents Through The Ninds Preclinical Screening Platform For Pain (pspp)Psychogenics, Inc. · fiscal year 2025$9.5 million
2. 2Novel Insights Into Osteoarthritis, Pain And Function: Most4Boston University Medical Campus · fiscal year 2025$8.8 million
3. 3Sensory Phenotyping To Enhance Neuropathic Pain Drug DevelopmentBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · fiscal year 2025$7.1 million
4. 4Impact: Integrative Mindfulness-based Predictive Approach For Chronic Low Back Pain TreatmentWorcester Polytechnic Institute · fiscal year 2025$6.9 million
5. 5Phase Iii Double-blind, Randomized Controlled Trial Of Suvorexant Versus Placebo To Treat Insomnia In Persons With Opioid Use DisorderJohns Hopkins University · fiscal year 2025$6 million
6. 6Personalized Auricular Point Acupressure For Chronic Pain Self-management In Rural PopulationsUniversity Of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston · fiscal year 2025$6 million
7. 7Gut Microbiome And Individual Differences In Lumbosacral Radicular PainMassachusetts General Hospital · fiscal year 2025$5.3 million
8. 8Pf614-mpar: Clinical Development Of Opioid With Oral Overdose ProtectionEnsysce Biosciences, Inc. · fiscal year 2025$5.3 million
9. 9Model-pain Modeling Diverse Experiences And Longitudinal Trajectories Of PainOhio State University · fiscal year 2025$5.1 million
10. 10Select Late-stage Cmc, Non-clinical Studies, And Quality Programs To Accelerate Nrs-033 Towards Pivotal Studies And Registration In Opioid…Nirsum Laboratories, Inc. · fiscal year 2025$4.9 million

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

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