The University of Nebraska Medical Center has topped $135 million in research funding for fiscal year 2018, up 15.8 percent from the previous year. Dr. Jennifer Larsen is the Vice Chancellor for Research and says there were increases in the total number of grants, unique principal investigator, number of faculty on grants and in the average size of grants. Some of this funding will be used in clinical research trials that will benefit many Nebraskans.
The Eppley Institute for Cancer Research saw a 19.5 percent increase in research awards. The Munroe-Meyer Institute saw a nearly 40 percent increase and the college of medicine over 11 percent.
Larsen says the record grant funding will have a big impact on the state of Nebraska.
The funding will be dedicated to cancer and other disease research, lung injury, medications, increasing physical activity in youth and to assist Nebraskans with weight reduction in rural areas.
