UAB Extramural Funding

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UAB Extramural Funding

• UAB has an annual budget of 1.8 billion.
• Since 1969, UABs extramural funding has doubled
  every decade.
• As of June 1, 2006, extramural funding totals
  more than 361 million.
• For FY 2004, UAB ranks 20th in NIH awards to
  domestic institutions of higher education.

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UAB Economic Impact

• The economic impact of UAB on the surrounding
  community reached a record high of 2.9 billion
  for FY 2003.
• UABs impact on the state reached 3.2 billion in
  2003, up from 2.7 billion.

Source The UAB economic impact studies are
prepared by the Division of Business and Economic
Data Services (BEDS) and UABs Department of
Finance, Economics and Quantitative Methods.
Seung-Dong Lee, PhD and Research Assistant
Michael G. Phipps, MBA, prepared the results.
This study covers the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2003.
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UAB Economic Impact

• As the largest employer in the metropolitan area,
  UAB and UAB-related sectors generated 52,924
  full-time equivalent jobs.
• 8 out of every 100 jobs in the Birmingham area,
  and 2.8 of every 100 jobs in the state are
  related to UAB.
• UAB generates approximately 1.14 billion worth
  of local income.

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UAB

• UABs buildings provide 8.6 million square feet
  of assignable space.
• The Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
  Building was dedicated on April 3, 2006.
• The 12-story facility, with 323,000 square feet
  of research and office space, was built at a cost
  of 100 million.
• It increases the amount of research space for UAB
  by approximately 25.

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Centers

• There are currently 101 centers formally approved
  by the UA Board of Trustees.
• There is an active reinvestment effort for the 16
  designated UWIRCs.
• Three additional centers hold pilot status.
• In 2004/2005, UAB committed over 4.5 million for
  UWIRC support.

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Pilot Funding

• Through its Centers and affiliated relationships,
  UAB provides pilot funding opportunities for the
  development of junior investigators.
• Approximately 100 awards are made each year in 33
  separate funding programs.
• The annual total of awards is conservatively
  estimated at 3 million.

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Research

• As evidence of its collaborative spirit, UAB
  currently holds NIH funding for
• 9 P01 Research Program Projects
• 1 P20 Exploratory Grants
• 11 P30 Center Core grants
• 5 P50 Specialized Center grants
• 2 P60 Comprehensive Center grants

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SPORE grants

• NCIs Specialized Programs of Research Excellence
  (SPOREs) promote interdisciplinary research and
  move basic research findings from the laboratory
  to clinical settings
• UAB holds 4 SPORE grants (funded through P20 and
  P60 mechanisms).
• Only 3 other institutions have more.

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Research

• In addition, UAB holds a total of 60 active
  Cooperative Agreements (U awards) including
• 38 U01 Research Projects
• 8 U10 Cooperative Clinical Research
• 2 U54 Specialized Centers
• 1 Exploratory Grant
• 1 UC6 construction award in support of the
  Southeast Biocontainment Laboratory.

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Training

• As of 5/9/06, UAB has 28 T32 grants, two K12
  awards and a K30 Clinical Research Curriculum
  Development Award.
• Individual career development (K) awards have
  risen from 27 in 1999 to 49 in 2006.

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School of Medicine

• The SOM has ranked in the top 25 in NIH research
  funding for more than 30 years.
• As of June 1, 2006 the School had 2,058 funded
  grants and contracts, which represented over 242
  million in peer-reviewed research .
• In FY 2004, the SOM ranked 18th in NIH funding.