Fiscal Year 2012, the 12-month period ending June 30, 2012, marks the 4th consecutive year that external funding for research exceeded 400 million dollars. Since 1967, when overall records were first kept, the university has attracted more than $7.5 billion in total external support. This outstanding productivity continues to place the UI among the nation's elite public research universities and is especially significant in the face of challenging economic conditions in Iowa and the serious impact of the flood of 2008. Read more about our funding statistics and the impact of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding at The University of Iowa on our Award Statistics page.