{"id":138087,"date":"2021-03-30T09:16:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T19:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=138087"},"modified":"2021-03-30T09:58:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T19:58:01","slug":"fed-biomed-funding-boosts-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/03\/30\/fed-biomed-funding-boosts-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal biomedical research funding received by UH<\/abbr> bolsters state economy"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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The\u00a0UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center\u00a0(left) and\u00a0the John A. Burns School of Medicine\u00a0(right) account for about 95% of the $63 million awarded to\u00a0Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u00a0in the 2020 federal fiscal year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The State of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> received an economic boost during the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to the world class research at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. Funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH<\/abbr>) directly supported 1,298 jobs and generated $191 million in economic activity, according to a March 24 news release by the federal agency. NIH<\/abbr> is the nation\u2019s medical research agency and part of the U.S.<\/abbr> Department of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Cancer Center<\/a> and John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> account for about 95% of the $63 million awarded to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> from NIH<\/abbr> during the last federal fiscal year 2020 (October 1, 2019–September 30, 2020) and includes:<\/p>\n

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Early Phase Cancer Clinical Research Center (internal render)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n