UNC School of Medicine NIH Funding Ranks 6th among Public Universities

Our current NIH Funding Ranking which remains ranked 18^th in the country among PM&R departments. Congratulations to all the researchers in our department, especially our NIH grant PI’s  Dr. Susan Gaylord and Dr. Isabel Roth.

 

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The UNC School of Medicine ranked 19^th in the country in total National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for federal fiscal year 2022 and 6^th among peer public universities, according to a new report published by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. The total dollar amount is $358,658,406, about $11 million more than FY 2021. This amount does not include research and development contracts with the NIH.

The UNC School of Medicine has increased its NIH funding each year since 2015. The total amount of research funding to the school, including from the NIH, stands at more than half a billion dollars and accounts for more than half of the research funding to UNC-Chapel Hill.

Below is each department’s ranking, including among public universities in parentheses:

Biochemistry & Biophysics, 8^th (4^th)

Biomedical Engineering, 8^th (4^th)

Cell Biology & Physiology, 3^rd (2^nd)

Genetics, 3^rd (1^st)

Microbiology & Immunology, 6^th (3^rd)

Pharmacology, 6^th (5^th)

Eleven clinical departments rank in the top 30 for NIH funding. The rank among public schools of medicine is in parentheses:

Dermatology, 26^th (10^th)

Emergency Medicine 9^th (4^th)

Family Medicine, 6^th (5^th)

Medicine, 17^th (5^th)

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 6^th (4^th)

Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, 22^nd (12^th)

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 20^th (9^th)

Pediatrics, 22^nd (11^th)

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 18^th (10^th)

Psychiatry, 17^th (7^th)

Radiology (includes radiation oncology), 19^th (8^th)

“We know these numbers tell only part of our research story at the UNC School of Medicine,” said Blossom Damania, PhD, vice dean for research at the UNC School of Medicine. “What’s more important is to recognize that, each day, our faculty, students, postdocs and staff passionately dedicate themselves to push forward our understanding of biomedical science for the betterment of the people of North Carolina and beyond.”

The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health is ranked 3^rd in total NIH funding, 1^st among public universities. The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy is ranked 2^nd behind UC-San Francisco. The UNC School of Nursing is ranked 19^th, 10^th among public schools.