St. Louis University is Leading the way in research

Washington University in St. Louis is ranked fourth nationally in federal research funding. During a press conference in St. Louis, Missouri U.S. Senator Roy Blunt says the school is a national leader in research.

“$500 million dollars – half a billion dollars – comes to this campus every year from the federal government, matched by another $500 million from university resources, from individual gifts that make that all happen,” says Blunt.

Blunt, who chairs a U.S. Senate committee that funds health, education and labor, says five years ago, the National Institute of Health had not had a research funding increase in a decade.