<p>Hello everyone!</p>
<p>I wanted to provide an update to this thread, specifically in regard to something I alluded to in a post back in early February. </p>
<p>John Hopkins University is in fact joining the Big Ten as an affiliate member in Lacrosse. The Big Ten is adding lacrosse in 2015 and with JHU being a Lacrosse powerhouse, this is a nice addition in that regard. </p>
<p>In relevance to this thread, it looks like John Hopkins may be applying for CIC membership, although I have not found confirmation of this just yet. In early July the CIC stated that it had not yet formally been in talks with JHU. I will make another update when confirmation either way is available. From what I have gathered it seems it is a matter of when this officially occurs, however.</p>
<p>Again this is big news because if this were to take place it would further solidify the academic excellence of the Big Ten and its Consortium (CIC).</p>
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<p>As stated above,
Currently, the University of Michigan brings in the most federal research money annually, at $800m. JHU comparatively brings in <em>double</em> at 1.6B annually. In fact, JHU is #1 nationwide in federal research money.</p>
<p>The CIC members engage in 8B annually in federal research money. With the addition of Johns Hopkins, the CIC would see a 20% boost, totaling to 9.6B in federal research money.</p>