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campus news C H I C A G O P E O R I A R O C K F O R D 4 | Fall 2022 4 | Summer 2023 College of Medicine awards represented more than 44% of University of Illinois Chicago- sponsored funding in fiscal 2022. Of the College of Medicine's research funding, federal awards accounted for $153.8 million, or 75%, with the largest share awarded by the National Institutes of Health. Other sources included the state of Illinois, which provided 11.4%, and private nonprofit sponsors with 6.7%. Funding for COVID-19 research projects totaled $16.5 million. The basic science departments in Chicago received a total of $51.2 million, with $26.9 million awarded to the Department of Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine. Other leading departments in Chicago included the Department of Medicine at $60.1 million, the Department of Psychiatry at $21.1 million, the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at $12.6 million, the Department of Pediatrics at $10.6 million, and the Department of Family and Community Medicine at $8.1 million. "Our faculty are increasingly leading cross-disciplinary research within the College of Medicine and across UIC, enabling new breakthroughs driven by teams of faculty trained in a variety of disciplines," said Interim Senior Associate Dean for Research Bellur S. Prabhakar, MSc, PhD. A Record Year for Research Funding A record $205 million in research, instructional and other sponsored program funding fueled innovation and discovery at the College of Medicine during the 2022 fiscal year— a 7.7% increase over fiscal 2021. P H O T O : L L O Y D D E G R A N E