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===Research=== [[File:Walton Smith at University of Miami RSMAS Campus.jpg|thumb|The ''F.G. Walton Smith'', a [[research vessel|research]] [[catamaran]], at the University of Miami's [[Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science]], in May 2022]] <!-- need more examples of notable research achievements at the end of this section--> The University of Miami is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity"<ref name="Carnegie Classification"/> and ranks 67th among all U.S. universities in research and sponsored programs expenditures, which totaled $456 million in 2023. In addition to research conducted in its individual academic schools and departments, the University of Miami maintains several university-wide research centers, including: *'''Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy''' seeks to bridge the gap between science and [[environmental policy]].<ref name="abess">{{cite web |url=http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/1,1770,37515-1;51234-3,00.html |title=Leonard and Jayne Abess endow Ecosystem Science and Policy Center with a $5 million gift |date=October 26, 2006 |access-date=October 9, 2009 |publisher=University of Miami |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719090325/http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/1%2C1770%2C37515-1%3B51234-3%2C00.html |archive-date=July 19, 2010}}</ref> *'''Center for Research and Education for Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE)''' explores strategies to improve the quality of life for older adults.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miami.edu/index.php/features/silver_meets_silicon-1/|title=Silver Meets Silicon {{!}} New Knowledge {{!}} University of Miami|publisher=University of Miami|access-date=September 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019103107/http://www.miami.edu/index.php/features/silver_meets_silicon-1/|archive-date=October 19, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miami.edu/index.php/news/releases/um_researcher_receives_9_million_nih_grant/|title=UM Researcher Receives $9 Million NIH Grant|publisher=University of Miami|date=November 10, 2009|access-date=February 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527133647/http://www.miami.edu/index.php/news/releases/um_researcher_receives_9_million_nih_grant/|archive-date=May 27, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> *'''Computational Science Center''' is a [[data center]] that conducts data-driven research to identify solutions to various world problems and challenges.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www6.miami.edu/provost/news_computationalscience.html|title=Computational Science Center to boost faculty research|date=September 2008|access-date=April 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414142709/http://www6.miami.edu/provost/news_computationalscience.html|archive-date=April 14, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''European Union Center''', a designated [[European Union Centers of Excellence in the United States|European Union Center for Excellence]], is a consortium between the University of Miami and [[Florida International University]] established in 2001 with a [[European Commission]] grant to promote and research economic, social, and political issues of interest to the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6770619_ITM|title=Florida universities team up with European Union to start think tank|work=Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service|first=Holly|last=Stepp|date=September 21, 2001|access-date=February 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122085526/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6770619_ITM|archive-date=January 22, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS)''' provides academic and cultural research and insight on [[Cuba]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2009/02/21/2009-02-21_excommerce_secretary_carlos_gutierrez_ta-2.html|title=Ex-commerce secretary Carlos Gutierrez takes Miami university post|work=New York Daily News|date=February 20, 2009|access-date=February 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224015300/http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2009/02/21/2009-02-21_excommerce_secretary_carlos_gutierrez_ta-2.html|archive-date=December 24, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''[[John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics]]''' researches causes of [[Parkinson's disease]], [[Alzheimer's disease]], [[macular degeneration]], and other diseases and explores [[human genome]] and other possible cures and treatments for them.<ref name="medres"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miami.edu/index.php/research/centers_and_institutes/|title=Centers and Institutes|access-date=September 9, 2009|publisher=University of Miami|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015230649/http://www.miami.edu/index.php/research/centers_and_institutes/|archive-date=October 15, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miami.edu/index.php/news/releases/miami_institute_for_human_genomics_receives_20m_gift_for_research/|title=Miami Institute for Human Genomics Receives $2M Gift for Research {{!}} News Releases {{!}} University of Miami|access-date=September 7, 2009|publisher=University of Miami|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907193503/http://www.miami.edu/index.php/news/releases/miami_institute_for_human_genomics_receives_20m_gift_for_research/|archive-date=September 7, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> *'''The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies''' provides objective, in-depth exploration of issues and trends that have affected the [[Jews|Jewish]] people over the last century. *'''The Wallace H. Coulter Center''' focuses on turning [[translational research]] in biomedical science and engineering into products that address unmet clinical needs and have market potential in the healthcare and biomedical industries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://med.miami.edu/uminnovation/coultercenter/aboutus/index.html|title=UM Innovation Coulter Center|publisher=University of Miami|access-date=October 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610001134/http://med.miami.edu/uminnovation/coultercenter/aboutus/index.html|archive-date=June 10, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The University of Miami's [[Miller School of Medicine]] receives more than $200 million annually in external grants and contracts to fund 1,500 ongoing projects. The medical campus includes more than {{convert|500000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of research space and the University of Miami's Life Science Park provides an additional {{convert|2000000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of space adjacent to the university's medical campus in Miami's [[Health District (Miami)|Health District]].<ref name="medres"/> University of Miami's Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute researches the biology of [[stem cell]]s and translates basic research into new regenerative therapies. The University of Miami houses one of the nation's largest centralized academic [[cyberinfrastructure]]s. In 2007, the university launched the Center for Computational Science High Performance Computing group. Since then, the group has grown from a zero [[High-performance computing|HPC]] cyberinfrastructure to a regional high-performance computing environment that currently supports more than 1,200 users, 220 [[FLOPS|TFlops]] of computational power, and more than three [[petabytes]] of disk storage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccs.miami.edu/pegasus|title=Pegasus Supercomputer|access-date=July 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720013735/http://ccs.miami.edu/pegasus|archive-date=July 20, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2008, the University of Miami's [[Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science]] receives $50 million in annual external research funding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/info/2008_Annual_Report.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529235647/http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/info/2008_Annual_Report.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 29, 2009|title=2008 Rosenstiel Annual Report|page=30|publisher=University of Miami|access-date=November 21, 2009}}</ref> Their laboratories include a saltwater wave tank, a five tank conditioning and spawning system, a multi-tank ''[[Aplysia]]'' culture laboratory, controlled corals climate tanks, and [[DNA profiling]] equipment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/research/facilities.html |title=Rosenstiel School: Facilities |publisher=University of Miami |access-date=February 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830081024/http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/research/facilities.html |archive-date=August 30, 2009}}</ref> The campus also houses an [[invertebrate]] museum with 400,000 specimens. The University of Miami operates the Bimini Biological Field Station in [[Bimini]] district in the western [[Bahamas]], an array of [[oceanography|oceanographic]] high-frequency radar along the [[East Coast of the United States]], and a [[Bermuda]]-based aerosol observatory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/research/facilities.html |title=Rosenstiel School Facilities |publisher=University of Miami |access-date=November 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830081024/http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/research/facilities.html |archive-date=August 30, 2009}}</ref> The university owns [[Little Salt Spring]], a [[National Register of Historic Places]] site,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19801124&id=sUk1AAAAIBAJ&pg=5335,5446439|work=Sarasota Herald Tribune|title=Dial Hotline|date=November 24, 1980|page=54|access-date=February 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904090933/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19801124&id=sUk1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=62cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5335,5446439|archive-date=September 4, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> in [[North Port, Florida]], where the Rosenstiel School performs [[archaeology|archaeological]] and [[paleontology|paleontological]] research.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/0,1770,2593-1;39289-3,00.html |title=Little Salt Spring Reveals More Florida History |date=July 6, 2005 |publisher=University of Miami |access-date=November 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060922003500/http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/0%2C1770%2C2593-1%3B39289-3%2C00.html |archive-date=September 22, 2006}}</ref> In 2010, the University of Miami built a [[neuroimaging|brain imaging]] annex to the James M. Cox Jr. Science Center within the College of Arts and Sciences, which includes a [[Functional magnetic resonance imaging|functional magnetic imaging (fMRI) system]] and a laboratory where scientists, clinicians, and engineers study fundamental aspects of brain function. Construction of the lab was funded in part by a $14.8 million stimulus grant from the [[National Institutes of Health|National Institutes of Health (NIH)]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Yanez |first=Luisa |date=February 5, 2010 |title=University of Miami gets $14.8M to build brain imaging annex |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/education/story/1463959.html |access-date=February 5, 2010 |work=Miami Herald}}{{Dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> In 2016, the University of Miami received $195 million in federal research funding, including $131.3 million from the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]] and $14.1 million from the [[National Science Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=report&fice=1536&id=h3|title=Academic Institutional Profiles β University of Miami|access-date=July 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803044355/https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=report&fice=1536&id=h3|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The University of Miami's [[Miller School of Medicine]] received a record $149.5 million in NIH funding in 2019, making the Miller School of Medicine the world's 39th-largest NIH grant recipient institution and largest NIH grant recipient of any medical school in Florida.<ref>{{cite web |last=Benchley |first=Robert |date=2020-06-17 |title=Miller School's NIH Research Funding Sets Record |url=https://news.med.miami.edu/miller-schools-nih-research-funding-sets-record/ |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Miller School of Medicine}}</ref> Also in 2016, the university received $161 million in science and engineering funding from the U.S. federal government, making the university the largest [[Hispanic]]-serving recipient and 56th-largest recipient of federal science and engineering funding. Within the $161 million in funding, $117 million was granted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the university's school of medicine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=report&fice=1536&id=f1|title=Federal obligations for science and engineering, by agency: 2016β07|access-date=July 6, 2018|publisher=National Science Foundation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803074548/https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=report&fice=1536&id=f1|archive-date=August 3, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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