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Record Funding
UI faculty hit another record in fiscal year 2010, earning $466.5 million in external grants and contracts, most of which fund research. Total awards grew 9 percent over 2009.
Over the past decade, UI research support has practically doubled, a trend that’s especially important given a flagging economy’s impact on other funding sources. Additional statistics:
- Total external research support since 1967: $7.1 billion
- UI rank among public universities in federal research and development support: 20
- UI rank among public universities in National Institutes of Health awards: 13
Stimulus Showing
Research funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act—also known as ARRA or stimulus funds—are advancing UI discoveries and creating jobs.
Nearly 175 projects have netted more than $67 million in ARRA funds for fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011. The largest portion of that total—more than $47 million—supports research in the Carver College of Medicine.
ARRA funded projects include:
- Studies by Jane Paulsen, professor of psychiatry, and colleagues seeking neurobiological predictors of Huntington’s disease
- Research by George Malanson, professor of geography, on the fungus that causes blister rust, a disease that attacks white pine trees and destabilizes ecosystems
- Ongoing work by Peter Damiano, professor of preventive and community dentistry and director of the UI Public Policy Center, to identify factors that affect preventive dental care for children
- Research by Carolyn Brown and Christopher Turner, both professors of audiology, on improved programming for hearing aids and cochlear implants
Learn about other ARRA projects at the UI.