East Tennessee State University (ETSU) is celebrating after calculating having earned $70.4 million in research funding and sponsored programs in the last fiscal year, the university has announced.The funding goes towards advancements in a range of diverse fields, from research in rural health to working in biotechnology, ETSU said in a release. In addition over one hundred faculty members were named principal investigators on external awards, which helped shape the vision and direction of various projects, ETSU said.