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HEALTH INTERVENTIONS LEADING GROWTH IN RESEARCH FUNDING
Florida State University brought in a record $35.8 million in
NIH funding during the 2017 federal fiscal year that ended Sept.
30. That’s more than twice as much as the university produced
Medicine is vital to the university attaining goals and continuing
to bolster its reputation as a leading research institution.”
Joyce noted the College of Medicine increased its extramural
five years ago and among the most by any Florida research funding by 47 percent during the university fiscal year that ended in
institution for 2017. July, adding more than $28 million in new grants. Within the college,
The College of Medicine’s growth in research funding
remains an important part of the story.
“I don’t think anybody really foresaw
how fast our rise in extramural support
Joyce
the departments of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences, along with the Autism Institute, collectively
held around $90 million in active funded projects as of Dec. 31.
“We’ve worked hard to build many of our programs at the
was going to be this past year,” said College of Medicine, the College of Nursing and in other areas
Jeffrey Joyce, senior associate dean that typically receive NIH funding,” said Gary Ostrander,
for research and graduate programs. FSU vice president for research. “Boosting our NIH funding
“Continuing to develop research- has been a strategic goal of the university, and we are happy
funding opportunities at the College of that our researchers have received these dollars to conduct