TOGGLE SEARCH COLLEGES FACULTY/STAFF MAGAZINE UNH TODAY NEWSROOM GIVE NOVEMBER 25, 2021 UNH TODAY Arts Business Campus Life Community Health NH Impact Sports STEM World All Topics Record Funding UNH secured $260M in new grants and contracts in FY21 Friday, October 8, 2021 For the second year in a row, UNH broke its record for competitive research funding, closing fiscal year 2021 with more than $260 million in new grants and contracts, double its FY20 record. The funding, from federal agencies, state collaborators, business and industry and private foundations, supports a range of projects that improve life in New Hampshire and beyond. “Our scholars overcame the significant challenges of the pandemic to submit competitive research proposals that fund important work that aims to understand our world and make it a better place.” Among the projects funded: Genomic testing of positive COVID-19 cases to monitor variants of concern in New Hampshire, with $757,000 from the National Institutes of Health to UNH’s COVID testing lab and Hubbard Center for Genome Studies; The first-ever randomized clinical trial studying the effectiveness of wilderness therapy for teens struggling with mental health and substance use disorders, funded by nearly $3 million in grants from private foundations; Support for more than 1,000 low-income New Hampshire middle and high school students to overcome barriers to higher education, with $3.2 million from the U.S. Department of Education; Research that aims to understand ecosystem and climate interactions, such as the thawing of Arctic permafrost, funded by $3.6 million from the National Science Foundation; Nearly $2 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for research to protect critical transportation infrastructure from sea level rise and increased coastal flooding; A book fellowship that focuses on the causes and consequences of wars in the Middle East on civilian infrastructure. “For the second year, our scholars overcame the significant challenges of the pandemic to submit competitive research proposals that fund important work that aims to understand our world and make it a better place,” says Marian McCord, senior vice provost of research, economic engagement and outreach. “I’m proud of them, and the staff that supports them, for generating new opportunities for basic and applied research, extension and economic development.” The Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS), UNH’s largest research center, received $175.7 million, the largest share of external funding in FY21. The College of Health and Human Services received $23.8 million. Funding to the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture was $20.5 million; the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences received $9.7 million; $4.3 million went to the College of Liberal Arts, $3.9 million to Extension, nearly $1 million to Paul College and the Small Business Development Center, and $385,000 to UNH Manchester. The federal government was the largest source of funding, sending $163 million to UNH, led by NASA ($121.2 million), the Department of Health and Human Services ($22.2 million) and the National Science Foundation ($19.6 million). Expanding competitive funding for research is essential to maintaining the Carnegie Classification R1 status, which puts UNH in the top tier of research universities nationwide, and advancing an institutional goal to become a top-25 public university. External grants and awards fund specific research projects and are carefully accounted for through a robust compliance process mandated by grantors. In addition to major scientific instruments and laboratory supplies, a significant share of external funding supports scholarships and salaries for graduate and undergraduate students, postdocs and faculty researchers. The new knowledge generated through research projects improves education by bringing new ideas and theories into the classroom, deepens understanding of our world and beyond, solves local and global challenges and drives economic development. 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