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UNC Research Draws Big Bucks From NIH
By Stephaine Horvath | March 21UNC research programs received a booster shot recently when the National Institutes of Health announced that it awarded the University a total of $207 million in grants for research in the fiscal year 2000.The sum is a funding increase of 20 percent from last year's NIH grant total of $171.3 million, placing UNC 13th in the nation among public and private universities for NIH grants.NIH grants are awarded after scientific experts nationwide review universities' research programs, said School of Medicine Dean Jeffrey Houpt."The NIH funding, because it is peer review, is a legitima
