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The University of Wisconsin in Madison is home to a number of multidisciplinary research centers and institutes. These research centers help the University of Wisconsin, Madison attracted more than $620.3 million in federal grants and contracts in 2013, which is 71% of the total federal grants that the entire University of Wisconsin system received last year. In addition, the University of Wisconsin received $583.8 million from non-federal sponsors, which is 89% of non-federal research funds received by the University of Wisconsin system.
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In 2014 the National Institutes of Health distributed a total of $88 million in funds to five research institutions in Colorado. These five research institutions include:
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From 2013 to 2014, the Jim and Robin Herrnstein Foundation has given two grants to Stony Brook University for infectious disease research and the Madagascar dental mission.
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Last week the University of Michigan announced a plan to establish a new 7,800-square-foot Emergency Critical Care Center, or EC3, through close partnerships between the University of Michigan Health System’s adult emergency department and ICU teams. This $7 million EC3 is designed to ensure patients a smoother transition from emergency rooms to other critical care units.
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This month Rockefeller University announced plans to build a 160,000-square-foot research facility that will extend the campus over to Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive and East River Esplanade. The $240 million project plans to modernize a laboratory building and invest in other local constructions to benefit the community.
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Two genes, FOXM1 and CENPF, have been found to work together and drive the progression of the most lethal forms of prostate cancer. New research from the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Columbia University Medical Center suggests that neither gene alone significantly contributes to prostate cancer but when both genes are turned on, they work synergistically to activate pathways associated with the most aggressive form of the cancer.
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UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California has rapidly grown into one of the nation’s leading life science research institutions. The university has more than 33,000 students, over 2,500 faculty, and more than 21,000 staff. UC Davis Medical Center also has an annual research budget of over $750 million, a comprehensive health system, and 13 specialized research centers.
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The Michigan Life Science Corridor is a life science research consortium based at four Michigan universities: Michigan State University, the University of Michigan, the Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids, and Wayne State University. It was established in 1999 with a $1 billion state tobacco lawsuit settlement and provided a network of advanced technology laboratories for academic researchers. The state of Michigan plans to award $50 million annually for the next 20 years to the consortium to continue to accelerate life science research and cutting edge discoveries.
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This month the Mayo Clinic has announced the official beginning of a $3 billion philanthropic fundraising campaign to accelerate the pace of research, to solve unmet needs of patients, and to improve the quality of health care. Mayo clinic has so far raised more than half the money, or $1.7 billion, since the quiet phase of the campaign began in 2010. The campaign will continue until December 31, 2017.
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