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62 Annual Report <strong>2011</strong> | Metrics<br />

EXTERNAL METRICS<br />

<strong>Northwestern</strong> had a mixed year in terms of rankings<br />

of federal awards <strong>for</strong> 2010 data (data from federal<br />

agencies lag by one year). In volume of 2010 awards <strong>for</strong><br />

universities, <strong>Northwestern</strong> remains 25th in the National<br />

Institutes of Health (NIH) rankings and dropped to<br />

45th from 30th in the rankings of National Science<br />

National Institutes of Health Awards to Domestic Institutions of Higher Education<br />

(Dollars in Thousands)<br />

<strong>University</strong> 2001<br />

Source: National Institutes of Health<br />

http://<strong>report</strong>.nih.gov/award/trends/AggregateData.cfm<br />

2001<br />

Rank 2005<br />

2005<br />

Rank 2009<br />

2009<br />

Rank 2010<br />

2010<br />

Rank<br />

% Increase<br />

2001-2010<br />

Johns Hopkins <strong>University</strong> $457,362 1 $607,223 1 $603,367 1 $610,467 1 33.5%<br />

<strong>University</strong> of Pennsylvania 376,032 2 471,350 2 454,903 3 481,560 2 28.1%<br />

Harvard <strong>University</strong> 270,226 8 321,224 12 363,470 11 396,501 7 46.7%<br />

Washington <strong>University</strong> 303,650 5 394,788 5 382,455 8 386,470 8 27.3%<br />

Yale <strong>University</strong> 256,664 10 336,743 10 357,364 12 378,805 9 47.6%<br />

Duke <strong>University</strong> 232,180 13 391,196 6 371,408 9 351,617 11 51.4%<br />

Stan<strong>for</strong>d <strong>University</strong> 224,781 14 305,561 14 306,735 15 339,893 13 51.2%<br />

Columbia <strong>University</strong> 248,892 11 330,755 11 325,106 13 330,030 15 32.6%<br />

<strong>University</strong> of Chicago 131,241 27 194,717 23 214,138 20 198,347 22 51.1%<br />

<strong>Northwestern</strong> <strong>University</strong> 111,299 37 168,377 32 184,539 25 191,208 25 71.8%<br />

<strong>University</strong> of Rochester 121,954 32 162,312 34 188,205 23 186,789 25 53.2%<br />

Cornell <strong>University</strong> 152,197 23 192,563 24 186,657 24 186,162 26 22.3%<br />

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 79,513 53 172,184 30 143,549 39 119,216 46 49.9%<br />

Princeton <strong>University</strong> 33,262 84 37,660 99 48,764 83 43,774 96 31.6%<br />

Rice <strong>University</strong> 5,488 174 10,088 163 12,714 N/A 14,548 151 165.1%<br />

National Institutes of Health Awards Statistics<br />

(Dollars in Millions)<br />

2001 2005 2009 2010<br />

% Increase<br />

2001–2010<br />

NIH Total Budget $19,856 $27,532 $29,501 $30,200 52%<br />

NIH Published Success Rate* 32% 22% 21% 21%<br />

Source: National Institutes of Health<br />

http://<strong>report</strong>.nih.gov/NIHDatabook/Charts/Default.aspx?showm=Y&chartid=153&catid=1<br />

www.<strong>report</strong>.nih.gov/nihdatabook/Charts/SlideGen.aspx?chartid=124&catid=13<br />

*<strong>Research</strong> Project Grants, Competing Applications<br />

Foundation (NSF) awards. When viewed over<br />

a greater length of time, however, the trend in research<br />

volume at the <strong>University</strong> has been positive. Since 2001<br />

<strong>Northwestern</strong>’s funding from the NIH has increased by<br />

71.8 percent to $191.2 million, while funding from the<br />

NSF has increased by 21.7 percent to $35.9 million.

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