Life Science Company and Industry News Briefs

The District of Columbia has a richly funded life science sales market that biotechnology vendors and lab suppliers may want to learn more about. According to recent NSF and NIH research funding statistics, Georgetown University was awarded $57 million in 2012. The NSF alone awarded the university $6 million in research funding. The NSF-funded projects span a number of programs in the life science field, including population and community ecology, behavioral systems and evolutionary processes. We have spotlighted the top five NSF-funded life science projects below:

The University of Pittsburgh has a great influence on the western Pennsylvania bioresearch community, making it one of the most highly-funded markets in the Northeast for laboratory equipment sales. According to the latest NIH and NSF research funding statistics, the University of Pittsburgh was awarded at least $444.2 million in research funding in 2012. The NIH awarded the University of Pittsburgh $419.5 million in 2012. The research funding was spread out over a number of research projects across various departments at the university. For the convenience of our readers, we have compiled a list broken down by the number of projects awarded research funding in some of the science research disciplines and the total amount of funding for those projects. For the full list of departments, awards and funding, please visit the NIH website.

Emory University is an incredibly well-funded environment, especially when given recent NSF and NIH research funding statistics. In total, Emory University received $274.2 million in research funding in 2012. The NSF awarded the university $10.6 million of research funding in 2012, and the money was spread out over a number of different departments at Emory University. Of the research funding, $2.1 million went towards bio research projects alone. Among the various life science programs of study awarded funding were neural systems, genetic mechanisms, systems and synthetic biology, physiology and structural systems, and cellular dynamics and function.

Biotechnology vendors and lab suppliers in Minnesota will find a well-funded life science research market at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, according to the most recent NIH and NSF research funding statistics. In 2012, the NIH awarded the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities $243.5 million in research funding. The funding was distributed among a number of different departments at the university. For the convenience of our readers, we have composed a list with the number of projects awarded money in each science research discipline and the total amount of funding for those projects: