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
- Biomedical Informatics – a department within the College of Medicine; develops computational tools to assess and manage medical and public health information.
- Biostatistics – provides expert statistical guidance to clinical, health services, and biomedical scientists.
- 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.)
- 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.
- 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.
- Laboratory Safety Training Information: Workday Training Registration
- Disposal and Movement of Laboratory Equipment Form: Please note the new process for the disposal and movement of laboratory equipment. It requires certification as to what chemicals, biologicals or radiation were in the unit and the method of cleaning. It requires the PI to sign the form, then have someone for OHS come inspect then sign off. Then you can request Campus ops to pick it up as surplus or move the item.
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
- Base REDCap – UAMS TRI and Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) managed instance of REDCap. REDCap is a secure, web-based application for building and managing online surveys and databases.
- AR-CRIS REDCap – UAMS TRI and UAMS IT Research managed instance of 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