UNMC climbs in NIH funding

College rankings UNMC’s colleges ranked as such in terms of funding from the NIH (the lower the number the higher the ranking): College of Pharmacy, 24.6 percent College of Nursing, 48.8 percent College of Dentistry, 53.3 percent College of Medicine, 55.5 percent

UNMC continues to climb in the research funding rankings of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) — the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.

Since the last federal fiscal year that ended September 2008, UNMC has received $46.4 million, or 12.9 percent more, from the NIH than the year before.

“All the colleges also are well within or near the desired goal of ranking in the 50th percentile or better,” said Tom Rosenquist, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research. “All the colleges are getting close.”

The rankings compare a college with all similar colleges in the United States.

UNMC’s College of Medicine showed the biggest improvement by moving from 62.3 percent to 55.5 percent. (EDITOR’S NOTE: The lower number, the better the ranking.)

“That’s the best rank the College of Medicine has had in 30 years,” Dr. Rosenquist said.