Penn's School of Medicine ranked second in the nation in National Institutes of Health research and training grants received in the last fiscal year.
The NIH awarded Penn 924 individual grants worth $399 million, a 1.4-percent increase from last year and a record sum for the University.
"The NIH rankings remain a testimony to our continuing efforts to maintain research excellence at Penn," said Medical School Dean Arthur Rubenstein in a statement released yesterday. "These awards help us to expand our excellent standards for faculty research and medical education, which ultimately benefit our patients."
Penn trails only the John Hopkins University School of Medicine in money awarded and was also ranked second last year.
