Medical School Moves to Number Nine in FY 2001 NIH Funding Rankings
‘Indicator of faculty commitment’
Researchers in the University of Michigan Medical School received a record
$203 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health in federal fiscal
year 2001, making the school ninth in the nation and third among public universities
in total NIH grants. In fiscal year 2000, the Medical School was ranked 10th.
The Medical School has more than doubled its NIH funding over the past decade.
According to data released in March 2002 by the NIH and revised in April 2002,
U-M Medical School grants increased 14.5 percent since fiscal year 2000, with
561 awards totaling $203 million. Of these grant allocations, 489 were for individual
research awards, the seventh-largest such total in the nation for two consecutive
years. Training grants, fellowships, research and development contracts and
other awards also are included in the total funding figure.
“We first entered the NIH top-10 tier in 1988, with $71 million in total
support. Growth since then, including this year’s move to the number nine
spot, is an indicator of our faculty’s commitment to seeking visionary
advances in scientific research,” says Allen Lichter (M.D. 1972), dean
of the U-M Medical School. “We’re also proud to be the third-highest
ranked in training grants because of our continuing commitment to professional
education.”
Not only do the NIH awards make up a majority of the Medical School’s
external funding, but they also comprise a significant percentage of NIH and
total research funds awarded to the entire University. Medical School NIH awards
account for more than 67 percent of the total $302.3 million in NIH funding
to the U-M, helping to again make the University sixth in the nation in NIH
awards to higher education institutions.
The National Institutes of Health are the nation’s largest funding agency
for biomedical research, and the amount of funding that a medical school receives
is a major indicator of research activity.
—MBR
The list of research awards is available on the NIH Website at: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/award/rank/medttl.htm
 
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