16th Annual
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Thursday, May 7, 2015
2013 Life Science R & D Expenditures: 11th Ranked = $646,852,000 [1]
2014 NIH Funding: $486,449,220 [2]
The University of Pennsylvania received more than $815 million in total research awards in the 2013 fiscal year and is consistently ranked as one of the largest recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health. [3]
The University of Pennsylvania received $25 million to establish The Basser Research Center for the treatment and prevention of cancers associated with hereditary BRCA mutations. [4]
The University of Pennsylvania received $20 Million from Novartis where their combined scientists can work on an immunotherapy approach to treating cancers and leukemia. [5]
A new $20 million federal grant will be used to create the University of Pennsylvania Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science that will conduct tobacco related research. [6]
The University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine announced a new biomedical informatics program. The Institute for Biomedical Informatics received funding support from the Smilow Center for Translational Research. [7]
UPenn received a 4-year $12.6 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to analyze whole exome and whole genome sequence data generated from subjects with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and elderly normal controls. [8]
The University of Pennsylvania received a 5-year $11.9 million grant in renewal support for further research at the Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Center of Excellence [9]
University of Pennsylvania awarded $10 Million grant for studying the physics of cancer [10]
The University of Pennsylvania has been awarded $10 million over a 5 year period towards a Single Cell Analysis Program. This will fund three research centers which can work jointly at identifying patterns of gene expression in individual human cells within a variety of tissues such as those of the brain, heart, placenta, and olfactory system. [11]
UPenn received a $9.8 million Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the NIH. [12]
UPenn was awarded a $3.89 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a project titled "Tobacco Product Messaging in a Complex Communication Environment" [13]
University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine has been awarded a four-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute to conduct breast cancer research. [14]
NIH awarded the University of Pennsylvania $2.4 million over 5 years to study methods of combatting bacterial drug resistance. [15]
References:
[1] HERD Rankings, February 2015: http://webcaspar.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=rankingBySource&ds=herd
[2] From NIH Reporter: http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter_ChartResults.cfm?icde=22494395
[3] http://www.upenn.edu/researchdir/indexRAP.php
[4] UPenn Medicine, May 8, 2012, http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2012/05/basser/
[5] Nature.com, August 7, 2012, http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/08/novartis-gives-upenn-20-million-for-cancer-vaccine.html
[6] University of Pennsylvania Almanac, October 1 2013: http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v60/n07/tobacco.html#sthash.28i9st97.dpuf
[7] http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v59/n26/informatics.html
BCI BLOG: http://info.biotech-calendar.com/bid/96146/UPenn-Announces-New-Institute-for-Biomedical-Informatics
[8] From NIH RePORTER: http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=8667133&icde=22408425
[9] From Penn Medicine, August 12, 2012, http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2012/08/renewal/
[10] http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/new-penn-center-will-investigate-physics-cancer-10m-nih-grant
[11] From Penn Medicine, October 19, 2012, http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2012/11/eberwine/
[12] From NIH RePORTER: http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=8716825&icde=22408425
[13] From NIH RePORTER: http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=8737215&icde=22408425
[14] From Penn Medicine - http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2012/02/nih-grant/
[15] NIH 9/21/2012 http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_details.cfm?aid=8355227&icde=15572081
2014 NIH Funding: $486,449,220 [2]
The University of Pennsylvania received more than $815 million in total research awards in the 2013 fiscal year and is consistently ranked as one of the largest recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health. [3]
The University of Pennsylvania received $25 million to establish The Basser Research Center for the treatment and prevention of cancers associated with hereditary BRCA mutations. [4]
The University of Pennsylvania received $20 Million from Novartis where their combined scientists can work on an immunotherapy approach to treating cancers and leukemia. [5]
A new $20 million federal grant will be used to create the University of Pennsylvania Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science that will conduct tobacco related research. [6]
The University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine announced a new biomedical informatics program. The Institute for Biomedical Informatics received funding support from the Smilow Center for Translational Research. [7]
UPenn received a 4-year $12.6 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to analyze whole exome and whole genome sequence data generated from subjects with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and elderly normal controls. [8]
The University of Pennsylvania received a 5-year $11.9 million grant in renewal support for further research at the Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Center of Excellence [9]
University of Pennsylvania awarded $10 Million grant for studying the physics of cancer [10]
The University of Pennsylvania has been awarded $10 million over a 5 year period towards a Single Cell Analysis Program. This will fund three research centers which can work jointly at identifying patterns of gene expression in individual human cells within a variety of tissues such as those of the brain, heart, placenta, and olfactory system. [11]
UPenn received a $9.8 million Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the NIH. [12]
UPenn was awarded a $3.89 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a project titled "Tobacco Product Messaging in a Complex Communication Environment" [13]
University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine has been awarded a four-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute to conduct breast cancer research. [14]
NIH awarded the University of Pennsylvania $2.4 million over 5 years to study methods of combatting bacterial drug resistance. [15]
References:
[1] HERD Rankings, February 2015: http://webcaspar.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=rankingBySource&ds=herd
[2] From NIH Reporter: http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter_ChartResults.cfm?icde=22494395
[3] http://www.upenn.edu/researchdir/indexRAP.php
[4] UPenn Medicine, May 8, 2012, http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2012/05/basser/
[5] Nature.com, August 7, 2012, http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/08/novartis-gives-upenn-20-million-for-cancer-vaccine.html
[6] University of Pennsylvania Almanac, October 1 2013: http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v60/n07/tobacco.html#sthash.28i9st97.dpuf
[7] http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v59/n26/informatics.html
BCI BLOG: http://info.biotech-calendar.com/bid/96146/UPenn-Announces-New-Institute-for-Biomedical-Informatics
[8] From NIH RePORTER: http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=8667133&icde=22408425
[9] From Penn Medicine, August 12, 2012, http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2012/08/renewal/
[10] http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/new-penn-center-will-investigate-physics-cancer-10m-nih-grant
[11] From Penn Medicine, October 19, 2012, http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2012/11/eberwine/
[12] From NIH RePORTER: http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=8716825&icde=22408425
[13] From NIH RePORTER: http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=8737215&icde=22408425
[14] From Penn Medicine - http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2012/02/nih-grant/
[15] NIH 9/21/2012 http://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_details.cfm?aid=8355227&icde=15572081
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