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Volume 38, No. 12 |
Iowa ranks ninth in NIH awards received
The ninth-place standing, based on NIH awards during the federal fiscal year that ended last Sept. 30, moved the UI up from 10th place among public medical schools in federal fiscal year 1999, when the University garnered $91.9 million in NIH support. Since the 1996 federal fiscal year, NIH funding to the UI has increased by more than 60 percent.
For the second year in a row, the UI ranked second in NIH funding among Big Ten universities, behind the University of Michigan Medical School.
"This remarkable accomplishment is an indication of both the world-class quality of researchers in the College of Medicine and College of Public Health, and the outstanding leadership at the colleges," said David J. Skorton, vice president for research.
Robert Kelch, dean of the College of Medicine, noted that research growth brings a need for additional research laboratories and support facilities. The first phase of the Medical Education and Biomedical Research Facility (MEBRF), begun in early 1999, will be completed by the end of the year. Kelch and UI officials presented plans for the second phase of the project at the Feb. 22 meeting of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, in Ames. The $40 million second phase of MEBRF, expected to be ready in 2005, will add 127,000 square feet of research and office space.
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by Dave Pedersen