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UCDHSC Research a Record $363.5 million for FY 2005
Colorado Researchers Succeed in Highly Competitive Grants Environment
DENVER (Nov. 3, 2005) — The University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center received a record $363.5 million in sponsored research grants during fiscal year 2005, indicating that the university's researchers are thriving in a highly competitive national quest for public and private research dollars.
"At more than $363 million in sponsored grants and contracts, UCDHSC is the largest research institution in the Rocky Mountain region," said UCDHSC Chancellor James Shore, MD. "Bringing outside dollars of this magnitude to Colorado demonstrates the importance of CU to the state's economy. Thanks to the outstanding talents of our faculty - particularly in biomedical research - we are generating thousands of jobs each year."
Combined research for the entire University of Colorado system for fiscal year 2005 was $630.3 million.
Biomedical and basic science research at the Health Sciences Center made up the bulk of the research funding at $345 million. A total of 1,618 projects received sponsored funding at HSC in fiscal year 2005, about 97 more than last year, and a 15.2 percent increase in dollars over last year, said John Sladek, PhD, UCDHSC vice chancellor for research.
With funding from the National Institutes of Health and other public and private entities, UCDHSC faculty are conducting breakthrough research in a variety of disciplines including the fields of psychiatry, cancer, genetics, pharmacology, pediatrics, diabetes, neuroscience, infectious disease, dentistry, obstetrics and gynecology and others. The CU School of Medicine's pediatrics and medicine departments received more sponsored funding than any other UCDHSC department.
"Our faculty continues to lead the country in basic and clinical research. Our research mission is to advance existing knowledge, develop new knowledge for the prevention and treatment of human disease, and to improve human health," Sladek said. "The standard of excellence our researchers set and the medical advances they achieve should be a source of inspiration and pride for the entire medical community and all Coloradans."
UCDHSC's downtown Denver campus received 218 sponsored research grants and contracts totaling $18.6 million during fiscal year 2005, six more than the previous year.
The funds are being used to advance research in education, nanotechnology, health disparities, environmental remediation, mathematics, psychology, public policy, and domestic violence prevention. Funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Science Foundation more than doubled from the previous year.
Last year, UCDHSC's medical researchers at campuses in Denver and Aurora received 1,521 research grants, totaling more than $299.8 million. Meanwhile, the university saw a 4.8 percent spike in sponsored research grant funding that year. Sladek believes that the move to new, modern facilities is partially responsible for the 15 percent increase experienced in fiscal year 2005.
As in the past, NIH grants accounted for a majority of all sponsored research awards for medical researchers during fiscal year 2005, amounting to 63 percent of all grants received. Another 10 percent came from other federal funding resources, and 7 percent came from private medical and scientific associations and foundations. The balance was contributed by hospitals and universities, industry, and state and local governments.
The University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center is one of three campuses in the University of Colorado system. Located in Denver and Aurora, Colo., the center includes schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and dentistry, a graduate school and a teaching hospital. For more information, visit the Web site at www.uchsc.edu.