1 day ago · The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama’s largest public employer, with over 28,000 employees, has received more than a billion dollars in NIH funding in recent years and relied heavily ...

A few facts. The University of Alabama at Birmingham is the largest employer in the state. It has received more than a billion dollars in NIH funding in recent years.

1 day ago · The White House crackdown on grant money from the National Institutes of Health has universities concerned, reportedly including UAB. Donald Trump’s move against diversity programs could change how research schools spend federal dollars. The current policy allows half of NIH grants to be used for staff or other costs. The White House wants that trimmed to fifteen percent. UAB received three ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Alabama’s research institutions are largely staying quiet about President Donald Trump’s administration’s halt to National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant reviews, potentially impeding major sources of funding from reaching these institutions.

1 day ago · In the agency’s announcement, the NIH’s Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration, or OPERA, wrote that $9 billion of the $35 billion total spent on research grants in fiscal ...

2 days ago · The NIH’s Claimed Justification For Cutting Indirect Cost Rates To 15%. Suddenly dropping all such indirect cost rates down to 15%, regardless of where the university is located and what it may ...

2 days ago · AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, and Chief Scientific Officer Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, issued the following statement regarding the administration’s announcement of severe cuts in facilities and administrative (also referred to as “indirect”) costs related to …

Apr 10, 2024 · The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine saw great success in acquiring research funding in 2023, making significant strides in securing resources to advance human health through biomedical discovery. Multiple Departments Rank in Top 20 in NIH Funding

Oct 23, 2023 · In 2022, every $1 in NIH funding generated $2.40 of economic activity in Alabama, according to the report. A report examining the impact of research funding in rural states — …

23 hours ago · NIH cuts could hit UAB hard. Announced cuts at the National Institutes of Health to biomedical research grants could mean hundreds of millions of dollars to the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school – which received more than $400 million in funding from the NIH in 2022 – is in the top 1% of all NIH-funded institutions.