The Emory Department of Pediatrics currently includes 231 faculty conducting research, 183 of whom are extramurally funded with over 548 extramurally funded research projects (grants and contracts). Growth in extramural research funding for the department has been on a considerable trajectory. In 2005, the Department of Pediatrics had just 193 total faculty members and reported approximately $10 million in extramural funding. By the end of fiscal year 2020, the faculty members in the DOP topped out at 498 and research funding levels were at $111.8 million in total funding and $80 million in NIH funding, which allowed them to achieve a #1 ranking for NIH funding in Departments of Pediatrics in 2020, a ranking that was repeated in 2022. During Emory’s 2025 fiscal year, the pediatrics department received $112.9 million, achieving a #3 ranking in the nation and a solid decade of a top-five top ranking.

In addition to the $59 million in NIH grant funding that led to the #3 ranking, more than 1,700 publications in 729 journals in the same period helped support groundbreaking efforts to develop new treatments or cures in 50 specialty areas. Rankings are calculated by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research and only take into account direct NIH grants, which help develop research for the public good and were awarded to between October 1, 2024 and September 30, 2025.