{"id":1459,"date":"2017-01-23T13:39:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T21:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/keck-school-of-medicine-receives-its-highest-nih-funding-ranking-to-date\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:32:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:32:59","slug":"keck-school-of-medicine-receives-its-highest-nih-funding-ranking-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/keck-school-of-medicine-receives-its-highest-nih-funding-ranking-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Keck School of Medicine receives its highest NIH funding ranking to date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Keck School of Medicine receives its highest NIH funding ranking to date<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
\n Cynthia Smith<\/span>\n \n January 23, 2017<\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n \n
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Keck School of Medicine of USC ranks No. 1 in funds received per principal investigator;\u00a0<\/em>USC Department of Ophthalmology and Department of Population and Public Health Sciences ranked No. 2 nationally in funding<\/em><\/p>\n

Keck School of Medicine recently received the school\u2019s highest ranking in NIH funding since the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research<\/a> began its annual ranking of medical schools in 2006. The rankings represent total NIH funding granted from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016. Keck School of Medicine received more than $140.8 million in NIH grants during this time.<\/p>\n

The USC Department of Ophthalmology and Department of Population and Public Health Sciences both ranked No. 2 nationally among the nation\u2019s ophthalmology and preventive medicine departments receiving NIH funds.<\/p>\n

Overall, seven Keck School of Medicine departments ranked within the top-20 NIH-funded in their respective departments:<\/p>\n