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Did You Know?

$5.6 B

Total annual economic impact of MUSC in South Carolina

38 K+

Total Employment

25

MUSC SmartState Endowed Chairs

MUSC leads the state in biomedical research and is in the top 20% of health science institutions nationally for funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

$328 M

Research Awards FY21

$556 M

Economic Impact MUSC Research Enterprise FY18

1.1 K+

Total Awards

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Innovation

  • 36 Issued Patents
    • 15 U.S.
    • 21 International
  • 23 Licenses
    • 17 Exclusive
  • 119 Patent Applications
    • 61 U.S.
    • 58 International
  • 56 Start-ups
  • $1.1 Million in Gross Royalties
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Influence

  • 3,148 MUSC Students
  • 19.8% URM Enrolled Students
  • 29 Research Centers
  • 26 Federal Training Programs Funded
  • 6 COBRE Awards
  • 26 Research Cores
  • $125 Million in Total Funding

The MUSC Center for Telehealth is one of two federally recognized National Telehealth Centers of Excellence (COE).

Department Rankings

U.S. Top 20 in NIH Research Awards (FY 20):

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Impact

  • 1,086 Active Clinical Trials

Multi-component and training grant proposal development by the Office of Research Development:

  • FY 21: Extramural Grant Applications
  • $133.4 Million in Funding Requested
  • FY 22: $82 Million Funding Requested
  • 488 Faculty Served
  • 85% / $69 Million in Funding Received

2011 - 2021 access to SCTR and MUSC enterprise research resources through SPARCRequest©

  • 29,423 Requests
  • 68,337 Services Provided
  • 8,566 Protocols
  • 1,003 Funded Investigators
  • 2,373 Unique Investigators

The South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research (SCTR) Institute is the only CTSA in SC.

  • 100+ Faculty 
  • $42 Million in Annual Research Funding

Hollings Cancer Center is the only NCI designated cancer center in South Carolina.