Funding

UIC's federal R&D expenditures exceeded $100 million for the first time, passing two Big Ten universities, Michigan State and Purdue. In all sources of research funding, UIC is third among Illinois universities.

Rankings

UIC, at $99.7 million, ranks fortieth among domestic higher education institutions for NIH awards (FY00 - FY02)

College Rankings

NIH Awards to Health Professional Components (FY01):

Nursing: 3rd
Schools of Allied Health: 4th
Pharmacy 5th
Public Health: 13th
Dentistry: 20th
Medical School: 48th
Biomedical Engineering: 57th

US News & World Report
ranks the UIC Medical Center in the top fifty in the nation in three specialties (2002): Eyes ranks seventeenth; Neurology & Neurosurgery ranks twenty-fifth; and Ear, Nose & Throat ranks forty-fifth.

UIC Awarded $7 Million NIH Grant for Research in Reproduction

The UIC College of Medicine won a $7 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, designating it a Specialized Center for Research in the Reproductive Sciences—the only one in the Chicago area.

The highly competitive award, spanning a five-year term, will support an ambitious program of innovative basic and clinical research aimed at understanding the mechanisms of fertility and infertility. Only fourteen such centers currently are funded nationwide.