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http://www.brimr.org/NIH_Awards/2013/NIH...s_2013.htm

http://www.brimr.org/NIH_Awards/2013/Sch...e_2013.xls

Previous Years' Rankings
http://www.brimr.org/NIH_Awards/2012/Sch...1-2012.xls
UAB 2001 16
2002 17
2003 16
2004 18
2005 17
2006 33
2007 22
2008 22
2009 22
2010 25
2011 28
2012 29

Those drops correspond to the waning influence of Richard Shelby and the increased influence of the Tea Party.

What does the drop in this ranking -- #16 in 2001 to #31 in 2013 -- mean for UAB in laymen's terms? For instance, does it partially explain the recent absence of numerous construction cranes on the campus?

the ranking doesnt mean anytime ,,,
how much money is the most important issue

(01-08-2014 11:35 AM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  What does the drop in this ranking -- #16 in 2001 to #31 in 2013 -- mean for UAB in laymen's terms? For instance, does it partially explain the recent absence of numerous construction cranes on the campus?

They're about to start some pretty big building projects on campus soon. HUC is already in progress, new dorms about to start (or may have already, haven't been on campus in a while). The new art building is almost done, and on the corner of 18th and university they're going to build a new research complex and the scrushy building was recently expanded.

(01-08-2014 02:28 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(01-08-2014 11:35 AM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  What does the drop in this ranking -- #16 in 2001 to #31 in 2013 -- mean for UAB in laymen's terms? For instance, does it partially explain the recent absence of numerous construction cranes on the campus?

They're about to start some pretty big building projects on campus soon. HUC is already in progress, new dorms about to start (or may have already, haven't been on campus in a while). The new art building is almost done, and on the corner of 18th and university they're going to build a new research complex and the scrushy building was recently expanded.

I would imagine the new $50million item in the Scrushy building(I can't think of what it is) they built/bought will help with future grant funding...

http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/ne...-fell.html

(01-08-2014 02:28 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(01-08-2014 11:35 AM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  What does the drop in this ranking -- #16 in 2001 to #31 in 2013 -- mean for UAB in laymen's terms? For instance, does it partially explain the recent absence of numerous construction cranes on the campus?

They're about to start some pretty big building projects on campus soon. HUC is already in progress, new dorms about to start (or may have already, haven't been on campus in a while). The new art building is almost done, and on the corner of 18th and university they're going to build a new research complex and the scrushy building was recently expanded.

As of Monday they hadn't broke ground on the dorm, but the parking lot is closed off. I would image work will begin very soon.