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Posted 10/21/02, by Susan Knapp
More than 20 percent growth for second year in a row
External funding for research at Dartmouth rose to $156.95 million during the last fiscal year, an increase of 22 percent over the previous year. The Office of Grants and Contracts reported that during fiscal year 2002 (July 1, 2001–June 30, 2002) the College experienced its most successful year ever in attracting external support for research and other sponsored awards.
"This accomplishment speaks highly of our faculty and our research initiatives campus wide," said Barry Scherr, Provost. "This is the second year of more than 20 percent increase. Dartmouth's research enterprise is growing and getting stronger, and this enriches the experience for both our undergraduates and our graduate students alike."
Dartmouth Medical School experienced the largest jump in research funding with a 38 percent rise from $80.8 million in 2001 to $111.1 million in 2002. The Department of Community and Family Medicine attracted the largest portion of that with $18.8 million.
"This is an exciting time for the medical school," said Ethan Dmitrovsky, Acting Dean of DMS. "We have outstanding faculty who are capturing substantial funding support that allows us to achieve excellence in clinical care, scholarship, teaching and service."
The Office of the Provost, which includes the federally funded Institute for Security Technology Studies, brought in $11.2 million, an increase of 31 percent. Projects in the Arts and Sciences area, which received a total of $17.6 million, include gene discovery in plant nutrition research, determining the age of star clusters, Muslim identities studies, and music and spirituality in Tuva. Ice engineering and biomass conversion research were among the projects funded at the Thayer School of Engineering, which received $13.3 million total.
"The tremendous increase in sponsored research can be credited to the enormous success of our faculty in getting awards in a highly competitive environment," said Nancy Wray, Director of the Office of Sponsored Projects, formerly the Office of Grants and Contracts. "At a recent meeting of Ivy Universities, it was announced that Dartmouth's percent of expense growth was the highest among the Ivies."
For the comprehensive report on Dartmouth's sponsored research for the 2002 fiscal year, go to www.dartmouth.edu/~grants.
- Susan Knapp
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