CLEVELAND, Ohio — Case Western Reserve University has received 109 federal stimulus awards worth about $49 million for projects ranging from relieving the shoulder pain of stroke patients with a mild electric current to developing an online database of disease-causing genes.
The projects supported by grants mostly from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF) are supposed to foster economic recovery and job creation by supporting advancing scientific research. The grant money comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which went into effect in February.
The National Science Foundation calls the recovery act ” an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down -payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century.” Case researchers have submitted about 700 grant proposals and expect to receive more awards as the rollout continues.
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“More federal money means more research results that can be commercialized, creating businesses and jobs in Northeast Ohio, but you may not see those research results for several years.” said Mark Coticchia, vice president for research and technology management at Case, in a written statement.
The NIH has granted 80 of the awards, the NSF, 28, and the Health Resources and Services Administration, one, Case said. The university’s School of Medicine, where research efforts cover cancer and other health areas such as the study of proteins, cardiology, pathology, metabolism and obesity, has received 74 awards.
The Case School of Engineering, which includes the Biomedical Engineering Department, has received 16 stimulus-funded awards, and the College of Arts and Sciences has received 15. The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing has gotten two awards, while the School of Dental Medicine and the Weatherhead School of Management have gotten one each.
