BETHESDA, Maryland — The National Institutes of Health has released $1,156,739 of economic stimulus money for medical research and education to seven institutions and hospitals in Ohio.
The federal money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will go toward medical research, and student and teacher training programs, according to Sen. Sherrod Brown. It’s the latest installment of the $8.2billion in extramural funding allotted to the NIH under the economic recovery legislation.
“This funding will put universities and hospitals at the cutting edge of biomedical research,” Brown said in a written statement. “These funds will support research to help overcome our nation’s most critical health challenges and create jobs in the process.”
The current installment of stimulus money goes to:
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital — $15,000 to hire students or teachers for research programs
- University of Cincinnati — $166,275 to hire students or teachers for research programs
- Case Western Reserve University — $322,557 for research to find hormones that kill leukemia and lymphoma
- Case Western Reserve University — $21,666 to hire students or teachers for research programs
- Cleveland Clinic — $196,250 for research on auto-immune disorders that affect women
- Cleveland State University — $17,665 to hire students or teachers for research programs
- Ohio State University — $10,446 to hire students or teachers for research programs
- Ohio State University — $187,500 for research on preventing cardiovascular disease
- Ohio State University — $212,500 for research on bacteria that are resistant to certain drugs
- Kent State University — $6,880 to hire students or teachers for research programs
