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Intramural Funding

In addition to research funding from donors, corporations, foundations and federal sources, UAMS offers internal funding opportunities. Open to research faculty, they have various deadlines. (Note: Guidelines/requirements listed in the online submission forms are current.)

Campus-wide Funding

College of Medicine Research Grants – Learn more about COM funding.

Medical Research Endowment Fund – annual MRE grants provide pilot research funding ($25,000 max) for the development of scientifically significant, extramurally funded research projects. Support is focused on new research areas for junior investigators or new lines of investigation for established faculty members.

Development Enhancement Awards for Proposals (DEAP) Grant Program – addresses comments or needed revisions for faculty members who have received a score/comments on an unsuccessful proposal to a federal agency/foundation with full indirect costs. DEAP grants ($25,000 max) help PI’s obtain more data to address review comments and increase a revised application’s competitiveness. DEAP is strictly limited to strengthening reapplications following receipt of a scored proposal and must be submitted within 12 months of receiving review comments. (Note: No faculty salaries are allowed.)

Fellowship Initiative for Research Excellence (FIRE) – The FIRE program is designed to encourage UAMS trainees from all Colleges to apply for extramural fellowships. These include fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Health, and the Department of Defense.

Translational Research Institute (TRI) – Innovative Clinical and Translational Research Award (ICTRA) program offers pilot awards which provide approximately $50,000 in direct funding for novel research projects within the translational spectrum.

Arkansas Breast Cancer Research Program – was created by the state legislature in 1992 – there are $800,000 available for research funding every year. It is a state program administered by UAMS. The RFP is announced yearly (late spring) through UAMS announcements, Cancer Institute communication avenues and via academic research institutions statewide.

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