Research
As a research center, the Medical College of Wisconsin received more than $175 million in external support for research, teaching, training and related purposes in fiscal year (FY) 2010-2011. In the federal government’s FY 2011, the Medical College received approximately $92.9 million in NIH funding and ranked 43rd among the nation’s 136 medical schools for NIH research funding. In FY 2011, the Medical College was one of only 20 of the top 50 medical schools (in terms of NIH funding) to receive an increase in base NIH funding.
College faculty conducted more than 2,200 research studies, including clinical trials, in FY 2010-11. In FY 2010-11, Medical College faculty and students reported 30 new discoveries and inventions to the Medical College’s Office of Technology Development. The portfolio consists of approximately 100 technologies covered by more than 300 pending and issued U.S. and foreign patents. The Medical College of Wisconsin is home to nine federally designated national centers and one international research center.
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