Recent Awards!
Congratulations to our investigators on their competitive awards!
Nirvana Manning, M.D.
Dr. Manning received an award from the Health Resources and Services Administration totaling $5,000,000, covering the period 8/1/2024 to 7/31/2025.
Gwen Childs, Ph.D., Angus MacNicol, Ph.D., and Melanie MacNicol, Ph.D.
Gwen Childs, Ph.D., Angus MacNicol, Ph.D., and Melanie MacNicol, Ph.D., received an NIH award of $3,133,619 covering the period 9/18/2024 to 5/31/2029.
Michael Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., Cancer Institute
Dr. Birrer received an award from the Health Resources and Services Administration totaling $4,000,000, covering the period 9/30/2024 to 9/29/2029.
Melissa Zielinski, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Zielinski received an award from the National Institutes of Health totaling $3,321,387, covering the period 9/30/2024 to 5/31/2029.
Recent Awards!
En Huang, Ph.D., Environmental Health Sciences
Dr. Huang received an award from the National Institutes of Health totaling $3,643,475, covering the period 9/1/2024 to 8/31/2029..
Abdelrahman (Abdel) Fouda, B.Pharm., Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology
Dr. Fouda received an award from the National Institutes of Health totaling $2,195,685, covering the period 9/30/2024 to 5/31/2029.
Christina Clark, MBA
Christina received an award from the Health Resources and Services Administration totaling $3,000,000, covering the period 9/30/2024 to 9/29/2027.
James Craig Forrest, Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology
Dr. Forrest received an award from the National Institutes of Health totaling $2,351,185, covering the period 7/1/2024 to 5/31/2029.
Facts and Figures
Extramural Funding
Total Research Funds at UAMS increased 86% from 2019 to 2023
UAMS NIH Funding
Data are total National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds rounded to nearest million.
UAMS Research News
News & Announcements
Marius Nagalo, Ph.D., First at UAMS to Receive NIH New Innovator Award
LITTLE ROCK — A researcher at the Winthrop P Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Marius Nagalo, Ph.D., has received the prestigious New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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NIH Awards UAMS $3.7 Million in Quest for More Effective Tuberculosis Vaccine
LITTLE ROCK — UAMS researcher Lu Huang, Ph.D., has received a $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support his pursuit of a more effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, a feat that has eluded scientists for more than 100 years. The five-year grant from the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious…
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UAMS Receives Nearly $2.2 Million Federal Grant to Study Immune Response to Eye Disease
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a five-year, nearly $2.2 million federal grant to study how modulating the body’s immune response may potentially benefit patients with certain eye diseases. The National Eye Institute (NEI) awarded the grant to a laboratory led by Abdel Fouda, Ph.D., an assistant professor in…
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UAMS Study to Address Maternal, Infant Deaths with $2.4 Million Federal Grant
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will receive up to $2.4 million over the next four years to test prevention strategies for reducing high rates of maternal and infant deaths in the Arkansas Delta. The grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will fund a combination…
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Upcoming Events & Research Seminars
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Oct 15, 2024, IOA, Jo Ellen Ford Auditorium, Seminar Presentation by Fred Prior, Ph.D.
NIH Data Management and Sharing Plans
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Feb 18, 2025, Student Research Day
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Past Research and Innovation Seminars
Seminar Series on Grantsmanship, Research Administration, Grants Management, and Regulatory Affairs
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