UF receives record $706.8 million in research funding in 2015

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http://news.ufl.edu/articles/2015/09/uf-receives-record-7068-million-in-research-funding-in-2015.php

Funding from the federal government topped $432 million in 2015, led by the National Institutes of Health, with $152 million, up 7 percent over 2014, and the National Science Foundation, also up 7 percent to $47 million. State of Florida and local government agencies provided another $46.9 million. Foundations and non-profits awarded $90.4 million.

The College of Medicine in Gainesville and Jacksonville brought in $268.3 million; the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, or IFAS, received $125.8 million; the College of Engineering was at $79.7 million; and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences received $34.8 million. The remaining colleges had a combined $198.2 million.

The new total marks a 32 percent increase in UF research awards since 2005-06.

As a comparison, based on 2013, here are some of UF’s peers:

Georgia Institute of Technology $730 million

University of California, Berkeley $727 million

University of California, Davis $725 million
University of Southern California $645 million

University of Texas at Austin, $634 million
University of Arizona, $629million
Purdue University, West Lafayette $595 million

Emory University $575 million
Vanderbilt University $571 million
…
University of Georgia $350 million

University of Miami $344 million

Florida State University $250 million