At the top of NIH research funding- BWH Bulletin - For and about the People of Brigham and Women's Hospital
At the top of NIH research funding- BWH Bulletin - For and about the People of Brigham and Women's Hospital
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May 22, 2000
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BWPO Takes Shape
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At the top of NIH research funding
In 1999, and for the sixth year in a row, BWH ranked second in research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) among independent hospitals. The hospital received more than $146 million from NIH. The MGH was the top funded hospital, receiving $158 million. BWH’s 1999 funding represented an increase of 11.7 percent over its 1998 total of $131 million. Among all institutions receiving NIH grants, BWH ranked 23rd. The hospital’s total research funding was more than $196 million. “This is very impressive growth, especially considering the space constraints that BWH is currently under,” said Keith Marcotte, vice president, Research Administration. “Fortunately, the opening of the University Park site in Cambridge in 2001 will give us an additional 50,000 square feet in which to conduct research. In addition, we are still in the process of developing possible new research spaces.” Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ranked fourth among hospitals, and McLean Hospital ranked 15th, the second highest among psychiatric hospitals. If all Partners hospitals, including Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, were regarded as a single research center, the grand total of $322.6 million would be second nationwide only to Johns Hopkins University. All of the top five independent hospitals were Boston institutions affiliated with Harvard Medical School: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center was in third place and Children’s Hospital ranked fifth.