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Research Center
A state-of-the-art 16,000 square foot research facility was opened in 2007 on the Jacksonville campus. The opening of the research laboratory facility resulted in $5 million in support for additional research scientist faculty.
External Research Funding
The University of Florida Health Science Center-Jacksonville received $9.4 million in external research funding during the 2007-2008 fiscal year and currently has over 175 ongoing externally funded studies. Over the last five years, the external research funding at UFHSCJ has increased over 50 percent.
Internal Research Funding
The Health Science Center-Jacksonville Deans Office offers two internal grant competitions annually, one for Jacksonville faculty, and the other for Jacksonville residents and fellows. In 2007 alone the UFHSCJ Deans Office awarded over $100,000 in internal research funding.
Research Support Services in Jacksonville
The UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville offers on-campus biostatistical consulting and research support services to faculty, residents, fellows and other researchers.
As a service to faculty members, staff and employees of the Health Science Center-Jacksonville, the Institutional Review Board (IRB) provides guidance and assistance in preparing proposed projects that involve human subjects in research. The IRB also reviews and grants approval in accordance with the Federal Regulations governing human subject research.
The Jacksonville IRB currently oversees approximately 375* active studies and in 2007-2008 reviewed 175* new studies.
* Numbers do not include studies submitted to the Western Institutional Review Board (IRB-04)