The University of Iowa set a new record for external funding, the college announced on Wednesday.The University of Iowa received $867 million in external funding in the 2022 fiscal year. This represents a 6% increase over the 2021 fiscal year.“These funds allow the University of Iowa to continue to provide transformative educational experiences for students, advance discoveries through research, and improve the lives of Iowans through education, health care, creative productions, and economic vitality,” Marty Scholtz, vice president for research, said in a statement. “We are proud of the hard work of the faculty, staff, and students who secured this funding in order to advance the university’s threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service.”According to the release, The UI also secured $654.4 million in external funding for leading-edge research and creative discovery, including programs to advance treatments for disease, address the opioid epidemic, improve mental health care for Iowa’s youth, tackle resource challenges for renewable energy in the state, train the next generation of biostatisticians, and more.