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The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a thriving research environment that lab suppliers can take full advantage of. Biotechnology Calendar Inc.’s 13^th Annual Bioresearch Product Faire™ at UAB on November 14^th, 2013 is a tremendous opportunity to increase a company’s sales and brand exposure, as well as network with lead researchers at this well-funded university.

Consider these funding statistics about the University of Alabama, Birmingham:

• The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a $405 million dollar research and development marketplace.

• In FY 2012, the University of Alabama at Birmingham received over $207 million in new NIH research grants.

• At the time of this post, the University of Alabama has received $170 million in NIH research grants this year.

• The University of Alabama at Birmingham receives more funding annually than all of the other universities in the state, combined.

The UAB Campus, taken at our past BioResearch Product Faire™ Event

The $207 million dollars in new NIH grants awarded in 2012 were distributed among various life science departments at UAB. See the list below for funding statistics for some of the top-funded departments. For a full list of departments receiving NIH funding at the University of Alabama organized by department name, number of awards received and total funding awarded, please visit the NIH website.

2012 NIH-Funded Life Science Departments at the University of Alabama

• Anatomy/Cell Biology – 29 awards, $8.4 million

• Biochemistry – 14 awards, $4.3 million

• Biomedical Engineering – 4 awards, $628,338

• Biostatistics – 11 awards, $7.3 million

• Internal Medicine – 119 awards, $64.6 million

• Microbiology/Immunology/Virology – 28 awards, $9.1 million

• Pharmacology – 5 awards, $1.1 million

Interact With Well-Funded Life Science Departments at Our 2013 Birmingham Bioresearch Product Faire™

At our Birmingham BioResearch Product Faire™ Event, lab suppliers can experience face-to-face interaction with post docs, lab managers, and purchasing agents from 45 departments at UAB. Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are actively looking for new lab products for their ongoing research, and our BioResearch Product Faire™ is the perfect place to meet them. There is still time to register for this event that is taking place on November 14^th, 2013.

Last year, the Birmingham BioResearch Product Faire™ Event attracted 336 attendees. Of these attendees 64 were purchasing agents, professors, and post docs, and 62 were lab managers. These attendees came from 33 different research buildings and 45 departments around campus.

Our 2012 Birmingham BioResearch Product Faire™ Event

If you are a lab supplier looking to increase sales and drive traffic to your company, look no further than Biotechnology Calendar Inc.’s 13^th Annual Birmingham BioResearch Product Faire™ Event on November 14^th. Click the preceding link to learn more information about this event, or register below.

Biotechnology Calendar, Inc. is a full service science research marketing and event-planning company that organizes life science marketing events at top research universities across the country. For more information on the Birmingham BioResearch Product Faire™ Event, or to view more detailed funding statistics on the University of Alabama at Birmingham, click on the button below. If you’re interested in generating life science sales leads and would like to sell lab equipment at life science marketing events closer to home, we encourage you to view our 2013 calendar of events or our 2014 calendar.