U of U Faculty Win 95 NIH Grants
ECE faculty member Tolga Tasdizen awarded RC1 Challenge Grant in Stimulus Bill.
Julie Korenberg and Tolga Tasdizen: "A computational framework or mapping long-range genetic circuits," was awarded an RC1 Challenge Grant as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Read more about Prof. Tasdizen's research on his research page.
Throughout the spring and early summer, U faculty, staff and students worked to respond to the new research funding opportunities of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, commonly called the “stimulus bill.” Hundreds of requests for stimulus grants were submitted by U faculty through the Office of Sponsored Projects to the National Institutes of Health, the University’s largest source of extramural research funding. The results of that first round of stimulus grants are now known and the news is very good for the U of U. U faculty received 95 of the 114 NIH stimulus grants awarded in the state of Utah and those 95 awards will bring in about $28 million in new research funding.
The U ranks 27th among U.S. universities in the amount of funding received through NIH stimulus program wards to date. While most of the stimulus awards and funds will come as supplements to currently-funded NIH research grants, U faculty also did very well in the NIH’s new programs, the Challenge (RC1) and Grand Opportunities (RC2) grants. U faculty submitted 122 Challenge Grant applications, along with about 21,000 other U.S. scientists. The NIH awarded 846 Challenge Grants nationally, including 9 to faculty at the U. Two U of U faculty members also received RC2 grants. The PIs and project titles for the U’s RC1 and RC2 awards are listed below. Congratulations to all of the faculty, staff, and students responsible for these successes.