Federal Grants

UAMS

$159,840,734 Total Funding
297 Awards
253 NIH
6 NSF
38 Other Federal
$10,984,928 Last 12 Months
50 awards
NIH PI: Lu Huang Aug 2025 - Jul 2027

Single-cell spatial-temporal understanding of the role of macrophage subsets in maintenance of lesion biology and local Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection outcome

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $450,500 1R21AI188044-01A1
NIH PI: Robert E McGehee Feb 2009 - Jan 2025

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Program

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $445,062 5R25GM083247-13
NIH PI: Angela K Odle Jul 2026 - Apr 2031

Paracrine and Endocrine Influences on Gonadotrope Development and Function

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development $443,348 1R01HD118024-01A1
NIH PI: Abdelrahman Fouda Sep 2024 - May 2029

Retinal neurovascular protection by boosting efferocytosis

National Eye Institute $439,137 5R01EY035658-03
NIH PI: Maria Jose Almeida Mar 2024 - Feb 2029

Antagonism of RANKL signaling by estrogen in osteoclasts

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases $432,476 5R01AR082418-03
NIH PI: Nirmala Parajuli Mar 2021 - Jul 2026

Targeting heat shock protein 72 to improve renal function after transplantation

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases $429,560 5R01DK123264-05
NIH PI: Wayne P Wahls May 2022 - Mar 2027

Systematic elucidation of DNA sequence codes that regulate meiotic recombination

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $423,218 5R01GM145834-04
NIH PI: JOONAS JAMSEN Aug 2026 - Mar 2031

Revealing DNA Polymerase Molecular Strategies in End-Joining Double Strand Break Repair

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $420,750 1R35GM165917-01
NIH PI: James Craig Forrest Jun 2025 - May 2027

Lytic viral genes in the pathogenesis of oncogenic gammaherpesviruses

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $420,335 1R21AI189385-01A1
NIH PI: YONG ZHU May 2024 - Apr 2027

Explore piRNAs as a novel group of biomarkers for ovarian cancer early detection

National Cancer Institute $411,876 1R21CA277412-01A1
NIH PI: VLADIMIR V LUPASHIN Aug 2008 - Mar 2027

Characterization of mammalian COG complex-interacting Golgi trafficking machinery

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $409,543 5R01GM083144-17
Corporation for National and Community Service Aug 2021 - Aug 2025

THIS AWARD APPROVES THE 2021-22 VISTA SUPPORT GRANT PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN THE APPROVED PROGRAM NARRATIVE AND BUDGET.

$407,987 21VSGAR003
NIH PI: Teresa Jo Hudson Sep 2021 - Jul 2024

Population-Based Analyses of Healthcare Utilization and Outcomes in Users of Medical Marijuana

National Institute on Drug Abuse $407,301 5R01DA054312-03
NIH PI: Tremaine Williams Jan 2024 - Dec 2025

Equitable Standards of Care Delivery in Team-based Risk Stratification of African Americans with Congestive Heart Failure

National Institute of Nursing Research $406,897 1R21NR021063-01
NIH PI: Ryan M Allen Aug 2026 - Jul 2031

Canonical and alternative functions of low-density lipoprotein in multiple myeloma

National Cancer Institute $401,971 1R01CA299106-01A1
NIH PI: Marjan Boerma Feb 2020 - Jan 2026

Development of a minimally invasive biomarker assay to detect delayed radiation injury

NIH Office of the Director $395,650 5U01AI148308-05
NIH PI: Ping-Ching Hsu Dec 2024 - Nov 2029

Promoting scientific and workforce diversity by enriching the Arkansas Rural Community Health Study (ARCH) among Mother-Daughter Pairs

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences $394,309 1U24ES037082-01
NIH PI: George Andrew James Jul 2018 - Apr 2024

The Sex-specific Roles and Neural Processing Correlates of Future Outcome Estimation in the Drug Addiction Process

National Institute on Drug Abuse $394,051 5R01DA044608-05
NIH PI: Brian Koss Jun 2024 - May 2026

Leveraging cancer-evolved resistance mechanisms to enhance EZH2 activity in adoptive T cells

National Cancer Institute $393,401 1R21CA292278-01
NIH PI: Ping-Ching Hsu Dec 2024 - Nov 2029

Arkansas Rural Community Health-Healthy Environmental Research (ARCH-HER) Study

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences $384,492 5R24ES037082-02
NIH PI: Steven W Barger Apr 2023 - Mar 2028

Role of glucose transport in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis

National Institute on Aging $382,500 5R01AG084473-04
NIH PI: ROY MORELLO Sep 2023 - Jul 2027

Lung developmental defects caused by type I collagen mutations in mouse models of osteogenesis imperfecta

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute $380,533 5R01HL166748-04
NIH PI: Eric Enemark Jun 2020 - May 2026

Molecular mechanisms of nucleic acid machines

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $380,002 5R35GM136313-06
NIH PI: DIANA ESCALONA-VARGAS Mar 2022 - Feb 2027

Development of low-cost optically pumped magnetometer system for fetal applications

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute $380,000 5R01HL164303-04
NIH PI: Justin Wai Chung Leung Sep 2020 - Aug 2025

Deciphering the chromatin-based DNA damage response pathway

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $380,000 5R35GM137798-02
NIH PI: Paul D Drew Sep 2018 - Aug 2025

Neuroinflammation: Role in FASD Cognitive Deficits

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism $379,625 5R01AA026665-05
NIH PI: Jennifer Audrey Andersen Sep 2024 - Jun 2028

Effects of COVID-19 Related Medicaid Policy Changes in the Marshallese COFA Migrant Population

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality $378,686 5R01HS029862-02
NIH PI: MOHAMMAD ALINOOR RAHMAN Jul 2024 - Apr 2029

Decoding Mechanisms of Nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay through Alternative Splicing

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $376,670 5R35GM154991-03
NIH PI: DIANA ESCALONA-VARGAS Sep 2021 - Aug 2026

Magnetoencephalography based tracking of fetal neurodevelopment in diabetic pregnancies

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development $376,200 5R01HD105412-04
NIH PI: Maria Jose Almeida Apr 2021 - Dec 2026

Different consequences of cellular aging in cortical versus cancellous bone- Resubmission

National Institute on Aging $375,899 5R01AG068449-05
NIH PI: Lin-Xi Li May 2018 - Apr 2024

Mechanisms of memory CD4 T cell-mediated immune protection against Chlamydia

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $375,494 5R01AI139124-05
NIH PI: Srinivas Ayyadevara Sep 2018 - May 2024

Inference of Common Pathways Underlying Neurodegeneration & Other Age-Progressive Diseases

National Institute on Aging $374,971 5R01AG062254-05
NIH PI: Brian Koss Sep 2021 - Aug 2026

Discovering T cell proteome turnover dynamics to overcome the solid tumor microenvironment

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research $374,185 5DP5OD031863-05
NIH PI: FANG ZHENG Mar 2023 - Feb 2028

The Role of the Endothelial NPYR1-TRPC3-ET1 Signaling Axis in Neurovascular Coupling Dysfunction

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke $372,745 5R01NS126473-04
NIH PI: Jia Liu Jan 2019 - Dec 2025

Studies in Poxvirus Evasion of SAMD9 Pathway

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $372,718 5R01AI139106-05
DOD Jul 2017 - Jun 2020

CD206-TARGETED ALLEVIATION OF IMMUNE SUPPRESSION BY OVARIAN TUMOR-ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGES

Department of the Army $372,405 W81XWH1710142
NIH PI: Steven W Barger Apr 2021 - Dec 2026

Compromised function of a glial glucose transporter in aging and Alzheimer's disease

National Institute on Aging $372,400 5R01AG071782-05
NIH PI: Matthew Jorgenson Jun 2024 - Apr 2029

Manipulating undecaprenyl phosphate levels to decipher mechanisms of competing cell envelope assembly pathways in Escherichia coli

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $370,397 5R35GM154672-03
NIH PI: James Craig Forrest Apr 2014 - Feb 2027

Defining mechanisms of gammaherpesvirus-driven genomic instability in B cells

National Cancer Institute $367,447 5R01CA167065-10
NIH PI: Amanda Stolarz Aug 2023 - Jul 2028

Ryanodine Receptors as Therapeutic Targets to Prevent Doxorubicin-Induced Lymphatic Dysfunction

National Cancer Institute $364,698 5R37CA282349-04
NIH PI: Kevin Wayne Sexton Jul 2019 - Aug 2024

J. NRSA Training

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences $348,898 5TL1TR003109-05
NIH PI: Ruud P.M. Dings Sep 2021 - Aug 2027

Improvement of cellular immunotherapy during dysbiosis- Resubmission

National Cancer Institute $348,182 5R01CA245083-05
NIH PI: Zufeng Ding Apr 2022 - Jul 2023

Impact of hemodynamics on efferocytosis in endothelial cells

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute $342,000 5R01HL162958-02
NIH PI: Alan Tackett Jun 2019 - May 2025

Identification of Druggable Targets to Complement Melanoma Therapy

National Cancer Institute $340,960 5R01CA236209-05
NIH PI: Michael R. Thomsen Jun 2023 - May 2027

The Impact of School Meal Delivery on Behavioral Disorders among Children in Health Disparity Populations

National Institute of Mental Health $340,293 5R01MH133857-03
NIH PI: Michael R. Thomsen Sep 2022 - Apr 2027

The Little Rock Green Schoolyard Initiative: Changing Community Norms and Improving Opportunities for Physical Activity

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities $337,399 5R01MD018192-04
NIH PI: Ren Xu Sep 2023 - Dec 2028

The PLOD2/succinate axis in regulating cancer cell plasticity and stemness

National Cancer Institute $336,442 7R01CA274981-04
NIH PI: DIANA ESCALONA-VARGAS Jul 2021 - Mar 2026

Development of Analysis Tools to Enhance Magnetomyographic Assessment of Pelvic Floor Muscles

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering $335,160 5R01EB031589-04
NIH PI: Antino Recio Allen Feb 2024 - Apr 2025

Initiative for Maximizing Student Development(IMSD)

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $332,317 5T32GM152782-02