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appeared 21 May 1999
UCSF Among Leaders in NIH Grants for Biomedical
Research
All four UC San Francisco health science schools ranked among the top three comparable
institutions in the country in the 1998 fiscal year competition for federal research
dollars from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), according to the most recent data
obtained from the agency.
The UCSF schools received a total of $224.7 million in research grants, training grants,
contracts and fellowships during the 1998 federal fiscal year, $13.5 million more than
during the 1997 fiscal year.
Peer review determines who receives NIH research money. At UCSF, numerous basic and
clinical research projects aimed at understanding or treating a variety of diseases --
including cancer, heart disease and AIDS -- have been supported by NIH.
The UCSF Schools of Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy each ranked first in NIH support in
1998, and the School of Medicine ranked third.
The UCSF School of Pharmacy has been the top-ranked pharmacy program in NIH-funding for 13
consecutive years. In 1998, the school received 48 awards totaling more than $14 million.
UCSF ranked ahead of pharmacy programs at the University of Utah ($7.3 million),
University of Arizona ($5.3 million), University of Kansas ($4.6 million) and Florida
Agricultural and Mechanical University ($4.5 million).
The UCSF School of Dentistry remained the top-ranked dental institution in NIH-funding for
the seventh straight year with nearly $13.6 million from 48 NIH awards. The University of
Washington ($9.1 million) placed second, and the University of Pennsylvania ($7.4
million), University of Michigan ($6.8 million) and University of North Carolina ($5.9
million) completed the top five.
The UCSF School of Nursing, which received 25 awards totaling $6.3 million, ranked first
among institutions in its category for the first time in 1998. The University of
Washington ($6 million) ranked second, followed by the University of Pennsylvania ($5.8
million), the University of North Carolina ($3.6 million), and Case Western Reserve
University ($3.1 million).
The UCSF School of Medicine received 612 awards totaling $190.8 million in 1998. UCSF
ranked third, behind Johns Hopkins University, which received $224.6 million, and the
University of Pennsylvania ($201 million). Washington University in St. Louis ($189.4
million) and Yale University ($178.7 million) placed fourth and fifth.
Links:
Campus Again Ranks Among Top in
NIH Funding (1998)
National Institutes of Health
Source: Bill Gordon, News Services |
