NIH Funding (concept)

• Page title — focus on NIH funding, or on its implications / meaning for key audiences (eg, success as thriving hub of scientific excellence, medical innovation / commitment to cutting-edge research and key player in shaping the future of medicine)
• Possible target keywords (see google search trends)
  • NIH funding
  • biomedical research
  • research investment
  • research funding
  • commercial patent
• What it means, why important
  • Impact of NIH research: “NIH-supported research leads to improvements in health that can bolster the economy, improve productivity, and reduce the costly burden of illness.
    • “Discoveries emerging from NIH-supported research have led to new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat illness, ultimately improving the health of the nation and the world.
    • “NIH fuels the biomedical research enterprise—cultivating world-class scientists and catalyzing new scientific fields, tools, and resources that have changed how science is done.
    • “NIH-supported research leads to improvements in health that can bolster the economy, improve productivity, and reduce the costly burden of illness in the U.S. and worldwide. NIH funding also spurs economic growth, both by supporting jobs in research and by generating biomedical innovations that lead to growth in the biotechnology sector.”
• WashU Med ranking over time
• Departments in Top Ten
• News releases
  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2021

WashU Medicine department rankings

15 of 19 WashU Medicine departments are in top 15 for 2022 (data from BlueRidge, which does not track two of the departments). Incredible balance. Differentiator. (from State of School)

Internal notes and reference

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