UF College of Medicine 23rd in 2021 NIH Funding for Public Universities

With a record $121 million awarded to the University of Florida College of Medicine from the National Institutes of Health in 2021, the medical school reached the top 25 in NIH funding among public universities.

The rankings, published by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research on Feb. 8, showed that the UF College of Medicine ranked 23rd among public universities on the list, four spots higher than its 2020 rank. The UF College of Medicine also received more NIH funding in 2021 than any other public medical school in Florida.

“The upward movement in the Blue Ridge rankings is a reflection of our faculty’s ongoing commitment to pushing the boundaries in their research,” said Colleen Koch, M.D., M.S., M.B.A., dean of the UF College of Medicine.

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