Originally published April 4, 2011 at 4:56 p.m., updated April 4, 2011 at 4:56 p.m.
For the 10th year in a row, the School of Pharmacy ranks among the top five schools to receive funding from the National Institute of Health with more than $18.4 million. Money granted by the NIH goes to professors to further cancer and Alzheimer’s research, along with other issues of drug formulation and disease cures and prevention.
“Our faculty is on the cutting edge of research technology,” Ken Audus, dean of the School of Pharmacy said. “The creativity of our faculty helps us retain some of the best scientists in the world.”
The amount of grant money a school receives is generally an indication of the school’s national reputation. This year Kansas ranks fourth in research funding and is the only school in the Big 12 to make the top 10 list.
The School of Pharmacy also ranks in the top 10 percent of faculty members who receive NIH grant funding. Of the University’s 40 pharmacy professors, 18 of them each received $489,000 for research in his or her field.
All of the research money the school uses comes from various grants, none of which are associated with the University. Other contributors include the Department of Defense and the state government. However, most of the money comes from the NIH.
“This money is driving the training of graduate students,” Audus said. “We are generating the next generation of new drugs.”
— Edited by Erin Wilbert
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