New York Medical College (NYMC) is one of 35 colleges and universities across New York state to receive funding from the Higher Education Capital (HECap) Matching Grant Program, which supports infrastructure improvements at New York”™s private, not-for-profit colleges and universities. The latest round of funding in the amount of $2,219,031 will be used for creating open-concept laboratory space capable of housing multidisciplinary research teams and shared instrumentation at NYMC, which will complement the renovations already being planned as part of NYMC”™s energy performance project.
Campuses that receive grants are required to invest at least $3 of their own funds for every $1 of state funds received.
“The HECap grant will support laboratory renovations that will be transformative to NYMC”™s ability to develop and accelerate research programs seeking novel treatments and strategies against COVID-19, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and other significant public health challenges, as well as attract new translational investigators and the most talented M.D., masters and Ph.D. students,” said Robert W. Amler, M.D., vice president for government affairs and dean of the NYMC School of Health Sciences and Practice.
The project to develop approximately 20,000 square feet of modern, high-performance, open-concept laboratory space capable of housing multidisciplinary research teams and critically important shared instrumentation in the Basic Sciences Building, will attract investigators and students and will enhance research funding.
The project will commit to sustainable building and operations and will integrate high-performance, cost-effective systems and sustainable finishes that reduce environmental impact while offering superior indoor environmental qualities without compromising the primary goals of functionality and quality of the research space.
