UNC Genome Sciences Initiative Funding:
A 10-Year Glance

Total public-private commitment $245 million

Campuswide strategic support:
Internally reallocated

22 faculty lines for 10 years	$ 14.8 million
Start-up funds	$ 13.3 million
Equipment	$ 6.6 million

New funding

18 new faculty lines for 10 years

$ 18 million

Subtotal $ 52.7 million

Grants to the School of Medicine:

Core labs and equipment

$ 10.53 million

Includes support from the N.C. Biotechnology Center,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Institutes
of Health (for Regional Mutant Mouse Resource Center)
and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

(Note: Future grants to the university cannot be estimated.)

Private support:

Anonymous gift to School of Medicine (to establish Michael Hooker Proteomics Center)	$25 million
Michael Hooker Distinguished Professorship, College of Arts and Sciences	$ 1 million
Other genomics-related contributions	$.33 million

Subtotal $ 26.33 million

Federal appropriations:

House Bill 12128 for program, lab and infrastructure

$ 2.25 million

Total non-building-related genomics funding: $ 91.81 million

Total building-related genomics funding: $ 152.45 million

For six buildings planned in medicine, arts and
sciences, public health and dentistry

GRAND TOTAL Approximately $245 million