Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine set a school record for the amount of research awards and grants received during the 2015 fiscal year.
In all, $302.3 million worth of awards were received — a 17 percent increase over the 2014 fiscal year — with $111.5 million coming from the National Institutes of Health. NIH funds alone increased 10 percent over 2014 fiscal year. Other key sources of research funding included:
- $65 million (10 percent increase) from corporations — largely to test potential new drugs;
- $63 million (22 percent increase) from foundations and other non-profit organizations;
- $25 million (24 percent increase) from federal government agencies, such as the Department of Defense.
“This growth in research funding is a credit to hundreds of investigators at the IU School of Medicine who are both persistent and successful in demonstrating to funding agencies that they have creative ideas for new research.”
— Dr. Anantha Shekhar, IUSM executive associate dean for research affairs
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