AAU Additions

Academic Excellence
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UAB and Georgetown admitted

https://www.aau.edu/newsroom/aau-welcomes-two-leading-research-universities-to-membership

I knew UAB was a decent research uni but Google says they have close to a Billion in research expenditures, while UH is sitting at around 250M. This seems like the last real delimiter for UH. Are we really that far off? I thought we were closer…

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Wow, had no idea UAB was that far along.

We have a lot of work to do. I think we have been stuck at the $200-250 million
range for awhile. Until we get medical rolling, probably not much of chance to
advance. Looking at 10 and probably more like 20 years to get there.

Research Expenditures: Grew from $379 million in 2013 to over $915 million, driving UAB’s admission as the first Alabama institution into the elite Association of American Universities (AAU). [1, 2]

  • National Research Rankings (NIH/Blue Ridge Institute):
  • School of Health Professions: No. 9 nationally
  • School of Nursing: No. 11 nationally
  • School of Dentistry: No. 15 nationally
  • Heersink School of Medicine: No. 28 nationally [1]
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No wonder Alabama tried to kill off the UAB football program years ago. It had AAU envy. Now UAB has both FBS football and AAU membership.

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Dr. Khator mentioned, in her annual address last month, that we reached $300 million in research last year.

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That’s a step in the right direction. Georgetown and ND were both admitted with research budgets in the 300+ million range.

If we can get that new Biomedical Research Building built…and then leverage that plus our new medical school to improve our numbers there, then we’ll have a decent chance of getting picked up.

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UAB is the main academic medical center in their state. Their medical residencies have good reputations.

UH’s medical program isn’t anywhere close to theirs and won’t be anytime soon unfortunately.

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Great, that’s a big jump. Latest data I found was from 2024 when UH was at $239 million.

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https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=rankingBySource&ds=HERD&o=y2&s=a

Edit - Reading from the 2026 presidents report we were at $276 million last year.

With great faculty and even greater ideas, UH was gaining national attention and increasing its share of research funding. Since 2010, UH research spending began a period of sustained, accelerated growth, more than doubling from about $120 million to $276 million last year.

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That’s a step in the right direction. Georgetown and ND were both admitted with research budgets in the 300+ million range.

ND at $346 in 2024; $331 in 2023

U. Notre Dame 100 89.4 345,791 97 89.6 331,943

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