Research Resources

Welcome to Research Resources, “one-stop shopping” for all UAMS faculty members involved in various research pursuits. The Division of Research and Innovation is committed to furthering faculty research. The following information provides useful tools/links at your fingertips to save you time and augment your research success.

Research Support Offices/Services

• BioVentures – links UAMS research minds to global markets in order to advance Arkansa’s scientific and economic development.
• Core Research Facilities – offers equipment descriptions, services, and contact information for UAMS shared and core facilities.
• DLAM – provides ordering, husbandry, and research method assistance regarding animals.
• iLab – manages service requests, sample processing, equipment reservations, usage tracking, billing/invoicing, reporting, lab requisitioning, and spending tools for core facilities.
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) – reviews and approves all research protocols that involve animal models.
• Institutional Review Board (IRB) – approves, disapproves, or requires modifications of research activities, as well as working in conjunction with other university or institutional committees.
• Office of Research Information Systems (ORIS) – uses an integrated information management system (MUSE) that enables faculty, research staff, administrators, and compliance officers to efficiently review/administer grant, contract, and sponsored programs.
• Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP)  – facilitates pre-award grants, contracts, subcontracts and industry-sponsored agreements process.
• Office of Research Regulatory Affairs (ORRA) – provides essential research services support for well-designed, ethical studies that balance regulation with innovation, as well as FDA regulatory submissions (IND, IDE), quality assurance, Good Tissue Practice (GTP) and clinical trial registration/monitoring.
• Office of Sponsored Programs Administrative Network (OSPAN) -provides sponsored programs administration to all stakeholders of UAMS.
• Science Communication Group (SciCom) – provides editorial services for grant proposals, manuscripts, and other research communications.

Laboratory Management

• Basic Sciences Instrumentation Service Request – repairs and services of research equipment (e.g., plate readers, imagers, etc.)
• Biomedical Informatics – a department within the College of Medicine; develops computational tools to assess and manage medical and public health information.
• Biological Safety Division – Biosafety Level 1, 2 operations, protocol forms, hazard reporting forms, biohazard waste disposal requests and more.
• Biosafety Committee (IBC)– provides biosafety information, policies, and training links for UAMS researchers.
• Biostatistics – provides expert statistical guidance to clinical, health services, and biomedical scientists.
• Building Operations and Equipment – has information on equipment ordering/delivery/installation/monitoring processes, building safety/security, poster boards and more.
• Chemical Safety Division – provides chemical inventory and drug spill forms, lab safety audit forms, chemical and radioactive waste disposal forms.
• Emergency Preparedness for Labs – offers guidance for the development of individual laboratory response plans.
• OHS Lab Close-Out Checklist – lists activities to be completed when closing out a lab and leaving UAMS.
• Lab Closeout Process & Timeline
• Laboratory Safety Manual – provides information to the research community on safety procedures required in campus laboratories and related campus contacts.

Compliance and Policy

• Compliance – provides compliance consultations for the entire research community.
• Conflict of Interest – UAMS researchers/staff members must disclose all outside activities/financial interests that might be or appear to be conflicts of interest/commitment.
• Disclosing Foreign Relationships/Activities – foreign components must be disclosed on proposals, progress reports, and final reports of federally funded research and that of other sponsors.
• International Compliance – supports UAMS’s commitment to complying with US laws and regulations relating to international matters, including, but not limited to U.S. export control laws.
• Research Misconduct – is the fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, conducting, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results (defined by the Office of Research Integrity).
• PII Disclosure to Research Platforms – link to UAMS policy on information that may be provided to research sponsors/contract research organizations on investigators, study staff, regulatory personnel, and other UAMS employees who conduct research or work to initiate research.
• Good Tissue Practices – describes activities required by the FDA to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.

Other Resources

• ARresearch Registry – provides researchers with access to nearly 8,000 potential research participants located primarily in Arkansas.
• CLARA– electronically submit and track all clinical research projects administered by the Office for Research and Sponsored Programs.
• Data Sharing for Research Purposes – ensures responsible scientific data sharing in accordance with all applicable federal regulations and applies to all prospective/retrospective research using UAMS date regardless of funding source.
• Grants Dashboard – provides funding data related to COM research activities, with downloadable reports (PDF, Excel, and HTML formats) of current/historical research funding. It is updated automatically via the UAMS MUSE system.
• Grant Examples – Sample applications and the corresponding summary statements, data sharing plans, animal studies, etc. of successful NIAID applications. More grant proposal examples for early career scientists.
• Library Services and Resources – the UAMS Library provides a multifude of customizable services, searches, databases, and other resources for researchers.
• MUSE – UAMS’s compliance and research management platform for all required Grants, IACUC, Safety, and Conflict of Interest disclosures.
• NIH Public Access Policy – mandatory submission to PubMed, following journal article publication acceptance; inclusion of PubMed ID# when referencing these articles in NIH grant submissions.
• Research Academy – a points accrual certificate program to provide broad research training/resources to faculty. Those who acquire the required points and achieve certification are eligible for Certificate Grant Funding.
• REDCap – REDCap is a secure, web-based application for building and managing online surveys and databases.
• Showcase of Medical Discoveries – events where UAMS investigators discuss their research and discoveries (e.g., Cancer,  Cardiovascular, Nanomedicine, Telehealth, Bone, Infectious Disease, Natural Products, Community Health, etc).
• Translational Research Institute (TRI) – clinical research functions, access to research tools, collaboration, educational programs, and to request assistance with research projects. TRI Research facilities virtual tour. TRI video library