13th Annual
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Thursday, August 15, 2013
NSF 2010 Ranking: 50th (total R&D expenditures in life sciences) =$237,665,000
[1]
NIH 2011 Ranking: 43rd (Direct plus indirect costs but excluding R & D contracts and ARRA awards) = $135,765,450 [2]
University of Utah funding received year 2010, increased by 27% to $450.6 million. Much of the increase came from economic stimulus money provided by the federal government. [3]
University of Utah's endowment is $668.6 million. (Last figure was for 2011) [4]
The 50,000 square foot Thatcher Building for Biological and Biophysical Chemistry is expected to be completed in early 2013. Constructing and equipping the new facility is estimated at $20 million. [5]
University of Utah biochemist Wesley I. Sundquist received a five-year, $19.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish an HIV research center to study the structural biology of the AIDS-causing virus. [6]
The University of Utah's new Center of Excellence in Materials Research and Innovation is being established and funded for six years by a $12 million grant from the National Science Foundation, a $6.5 million grant for major equipment from the Utah Science Technology and Research initiative and $3 million from the University of Utah. [7]
University of Utah received three federal grants totaling $4.5 million to redesign and improve the way university community clinic physicians manage chronic diseases and patient education. [8]
University of Utah is to receive $3.75 million for a five year project to investigate memory and learning in action involving studies into how nervous systems process information, learn and remember. [9]
University of Utah received a $2.96 million grant from both the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health for innovative research that will shed new light on the genes that cause Down syndrome, as well as the defects of brain development and function that lead to intellectual disability. [10]
References:
[1] The National Science Foundation, 2012, TABLE 23. R&D expenditures in the life sciences at universities and colleges, ranked by all FY 2010 life sciences: FY 2007–10 and by subfield for FY 2010: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf12330/pdf/tab23.pdf
[2] Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, Ranking Table of NIH Funding (by Institution) to US Medical Schools in 2011, http://www.brimr.org/NIH_Awards/2011/NIH_Awards_2011.htm
[3] From unews, August 2, 2010: http://www.unews.utah.edu/p/?r=073010-1
[4] From National Association of College and University Business Officers, http://www.nacubo.org/Research/NACUBO-Commonfund_Study_of_Endowments/Public_NCSE_Tables_.html
[5] From Facilities Management, The University of Utah website: http://facilities.utah.edu/campus-design/current-projects/thatcher-building.php
[6] From unews - http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/u-of-u-researcher-wins-19-million-nih-grant-for-hiv-research/
[7] From unews - http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/21-5-million-for-materials-research/
[8] From unews - http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/4-5-million-in-grants-to-help-university-of-utah-039redesign039-primary-care-delivery/
[9] From unews, August 17, 2010: http://www.unews.utah.edu/p/?r=081710-1
[10] From unews - http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/university-of-utah-receives-2-96-million-grant-for-groundbreaking-down-syndrome-research/
[1]
NIH 2011 Ranking: 43rd (Direct plus indirect costs but excluding R & D contracts and ARRA awards) = $135,765,450 [2]
University of Utah funding received year 2010, increased by 27% to $450.6 million. Much of the increase came from economic stimulus money provided by the federal government. [3]
University of Utah's endowment is $668.6 million. (Last figure was for 2011) [4]
The 50,000 square foot Thatcher Building for Biological and Biophysical Chemistry is expected to be completed in early 2013. Constructing and equipping the new facility is estimated at $20 million. [5]
University of Utah biochemist Wesley I. Sundquist received a five-year, $19.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish an HIV research center to study the structural biology of the AIDS-causing virus. [6]
The University of Utah's new Center of Excellence in Materials Research and Innovation is being established and funded for six years by a $12 million grant from the National Science Foundation, a $6.5 million grant for major equipment from the Utah Science Technology and Research initiative and $3 million from the University of Utah. [7]
University of Utah received three federal grants totaling $4.5 million to redesign and improve the way university community clinic physicians manage chronic diseases and patient education. [8]
University of Utah is to receive $3.75 million for a five year project to investigate memory and learning in action involving studies into how nervous systems process information, learn and remember. [9]
University of Utah received a $2.96 million grant from both the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health for innovative research that will shed new light on the genes that cause Down syndrome, as well as the defects of brain development and function that lead to intellectual disability. [10]
References:
[1] The National Science Foundation, 2012, TABLE 23. R&D expenditures in the life sciences at universities and colleges, ranked by all FY 2010 life sciences: FY 2007–10 and by subfield for FY 2010: http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf12330/pdf/tab23.pdf
[2] Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, Ranking Table of NIH Funding (by Institution) to US Medical Schools in 2011, http://www.brimr.org/NIH_Awards/2011/NIH_Awards_2011.htm
[3] From unews, August 2, 2010: http://www.unews.utah.edu/p/?r=073010-1
[4] From National Association of College and University Business Officers, http://www.nacubo.org/Research/NACUBO-Commonfund_Study_of_Endowments/Public_NCSE_Tables_.html
[5] From Facilities Management, The University of Utah website: http://facilities.utah.edu/campus-design/current-projects/thatcher-building.php
[6] From unews - http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/u-of-u-researcher-wins-19-million-nih-grant-for-hiv-research/
[7] From unews - http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/21-5-million-for-materials-research/
[8] From unews - http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/4-5-million-in-grants-to-help-university-of-utah-039redesign039-primary-care-delivery/
[9] From unews, August 17, 2010: http://www.unews.utah.edu/p/?r=081710-1
[10] From unews - http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/university-of-utah-receives-2-96-million-grant-for-groundbreaking-down-syndrome-research/
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