The Division of Research & Innovation is divided into research support specialties, summarized below. You can obtain additional information/contact details via the associated website links.
BioVentures
- 37 invention disclosures (FY20)
- 20 new patent applications, and 5 U.S. patents granted (FY20)
- Currently 26 BioVentures spinoff companies 0f 42 total are in operation today
Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee
- 220+ active protocols from ~100 principal investigators and 25 depts/divisions
- IACUC reviews an average of 9 new protocols/month, over 100/year
- Approximately 12 annual protocol reviews conducted monthly or 150/year
- 25 addendum requests reviewed/month or 300/year
- IACUC visits the ACHRI/UAMS campuses (i.e., 4 vivariums in 3 buildings (Barton renovations 2020 – 2022?); 83 labs in 8 buildings) to discuss research projects, ensure housing/husbandry/procedure areas are maintained, check required documentation is up-to-date, and check for personnel safety compliance
Institutional Review Board
- Had 1,453 human subject research studies open in FY22, an increase of about 10 percent from FY20.
- Approved 302 new human subject research projects in FY22.
- Reviewed and approved 908 modification forms for open research studies in FY22.
Office of Research Regulatory Affairs
- Twenty-one studies in ‘Active’ phase (current)
- Additional 12 studies in process of FDA submission or study start-up (current)
- Onboarding additional sites nationwide (NYU, Boston, Fayetteville, AR) for the Multi-Site HPV Head and Neck vaccine study (current)
- Reviewed 74 studies for IND/IDE Determinations (over the past year)
- Annual monitoring visits at UAMS, ACH, UAL total 60-80
- Oversight of 80-100 records in ClinicalTrials.gov (current)
- Reviewed 121 studies for ClinicalTrials.gov determination (over the past year)
Office of Research & Sponsored Programs
- Processed over 500 proposals, with 272 to NIH (FY2020)
- Submitted proposals included requests for $519 million.
- Processed over 358 awards totaling $125.5 million (FY2020)
- 16% increase in the number of new UAMS grant awards since FY2019
- $44.5 million increase in grant funding since FY2019
- Processed 197 federal subawards (FY2020)
- 19% increase in federal subawards since FY2019
Office of Sponsored Programs Administrative Network
OSPAN is a Research & Innovation PI support team. This group of 27 research administrators and scientific editors (including SciCom) provides support for grant submissions and award administration. OSPAN has 5 team leads (of 3-7 members each) for all UAMS’ colleges/divisions.
- OSPAN has supported annual submission increases of 5-6%/year since inception.
- In FY20, OSPAN saw a 27% increase in annual UAMS submissions (over 2016 when the group began).
- OSPAN assisted 34 investigators with their first UAMS grant submission (FY20).
- OSPAN staff provided administrative support to over 900 sponsored project accounts (FY20).
- Science Communications (SciCom) group
- SciCom – a free Research and Innovation scientific editing resource for UAMS researchers
- Edited 213 projects (2020) – 96 grants, 85 manuscripts
- Experienced staff of editors with research experience (Certified by the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences)
- Manages the submission of large, multi-component applications: COBREs, INBRE, PO1s
- Certified research administrators coordinate large submissions/mentor junior investigators
UAMS Library
- Access to 53,000 electronic journals with 10,168 focused titles in health/biomedical sciences
- 43,200 books in all formats including 19,200 (electronic), 24,00 (print)
- 115 databases and electronic resources from various sources
- Arkansas’ premier repository for medical history with 7,000 volumes and 500 linear ft. of archival health science records