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: Lin-Xi Li May 2024 - Mar 2027

Exploring early protective immune responses to Chlamydia

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $182,746 5R21AI180670-02
NIH PI: Martin J Cannon Mar 2024 - Feb 2027

Mechanisms of Th17-DC immunotherapy for ovarian cancer

National Cancer Institute $178,819 5R21CA288928-02
NIH PI: Behjatolah Monzavi Karbassi Jan 2024 - Dec 2026

SR-A as a therapeutic target in breast cancer

National Cancer Institute $178,819 5R21CA280448-02
NIH PI: Mark Manzano Aug 2023 - Jul 2025

Role of a latent OriLyt RNA in KSHV latency in primary effusion lymphoma

National Cancer Institute $178,819 5R21CA285135-02
NIH PI: Laura Bellows Mar 2020 - Feb 2024

Sustainability of Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions in Childcare

National Cancer Institute $177,709 5R21CA237984-02
NIH PI: William E Fantegrossi Jul 2023 - Jun 2028

Training in Systems Pharmacology and Toxicology (T-SPaT)

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $177,500 5T32GM150536-04
NIH PI: Jia Liu May 2025 - Apr 2027

APOBEC3-driven host mechanism promotes poxvirus diversification to overcome host immune restriction

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $169,605 5R21AI191013-02
NIH PI: Paul L Prather Jul 2013 - Jun 2023

Systems Pharmacology and Toxicology Training Program

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $168,193 5T32GM106999-10
NIH PI: Mandana Rezaeiahari Sep 2024 - Apr 2028

Understanding Utilization of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Using Social Network Analysis

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases $165,843 5K25DK136966-03
NIH PI: Melda Onal Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

CRISPR inhibition as an alternate for Cre-loxP

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases $162,184 5R21AR076575-02
NIH PI: Matthew Lee Bush May 2022 - Aug 2025

Appalachian STAR Trial – Diversity Supplement

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders $158,896 3U01DC021719-04S1
NIH PI: Mark Manzano Sep 2020 - Aug 2023

Oncogenic Roles and Therapeutic Potential of MCL1 Addiction in Primary Effusion Lymphoma

National Cancer Institute $158,397 5K22CA241355-03
NIH PI: Yong-Moon Mark Park Aug 2024 - Jul 2028

Understanding disparities in cardiovascular toxicity among breast cancer survivors in Arkansas

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute $155,591 5K01HL175206-02
NIH PI: Isabelle Racine Miousse Aug 2025 - Jul 2027

Methionine metabolism in the acute response to radiation in the gut

NIH Office of the Director $153,000 5R21AI193494-02
NIH PI: Lu Dai May 2022 - Apr 2025

Targeting ILlRAP in virus-associated malignancies

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research $152,000 5R03DE031978-02
DOD Sep 2021 - Sep 2024

ANTIBIOTIC-INDUCED DYSBIOSIS PROMOTES LUNG METASTASIS

Defense Health Agency $152,000 W81XWH2110577
DOD Jan 2023 - Jul 2024

DEVELOPMENT OF O'PROTACS-BASED NOVEL EIF4G1 DEGRADERS FOR TREATMENT OF NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER

Defense Health Agency $151,753 HT94252310083
NIH PI: Roger D Pechous May 2021 - Jul 2024

Defining the Role of the Plasminogen Activator Protease in the Early Events that Establish Primary Pneumonic Plague

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $151,476 5R01AI153252-04
NIH PI: Samantha Kendrick Sep 2020 - Apr 2031

Partnership in Cancer Research (PCAR)

National Cancer Institute $143,511 2R25CA250979-06A1
NIH PI: Neha Dole Sep 2021 - Jul 2027

Unraveling the role of osteocytes in metabolic dysfunction associated with obesity

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases $140,899 5K01DK129404-05
NIH PI: Bita Fayaz Farkhad Aug 2023 - Jul 2028

Assessing the Impact of Economic Policies on the Use of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in the United States

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $134,398 7K01AI172614-04
NIH PI: Margaret Gorvine Sep 2024 - Aug 2029

Harnessing implementation science to study stress management for correctional officers in jail settings

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health $131,233 5K01AT012216-02
NIH PI: Jaimi Louise Allen Sep 2024 - Apr 2029

Explaining the potential role of physical activity in employment disparities after breast cancer

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities $126,174 5K01MD018650-03
NIH PI: Clare C Brown Sep 2022 - Jun 2026

Algorithmic fairness in predictive models to eliminate disparities in adverse infant outcomes

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities $125,185 5K01MD018072-04
NIH PI: Jocelyn Christine Anderson Sep 2018 - Aug 2024

Text message intervention for alcohol use and sexual violence in collegestudents

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism $114,663 7K23AA027288-06
NIH PI: Robert E McGehee Jun 2011 - May 2027

UAMS Summer Undergraduate Research Program to Increase Diversity in Research

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute $105,521 5R25HL108825-15
NIH PI: Bolni Marius Nagalo Sep 2024 - May 2025

Novel Strategies to Enhance Drug Delivery and Tumor Immunogenicity in Pancreatic Cancer

NIH Office of the Director $101,382 1DP2CA301099-01
NIH PI: Susan Davis Emmett Sep 2021 - Jun 2025

North STAR Trial: Specialty Telemedicine Access for Referrals in Rural Alaska

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders $77,045 3R01DC020026-05S1
NIH PI: GROVER P MILLER Sep 2025 - Aug 2027

Novel metabolic pathway for halogenated drugs of abuse

National Institute on Drug Abuse $76,500 1R03DA063755-01
NIH PI: Analiz Rodriguez Mar 2024 - Feb 2026

Development of immunocompetent melanoma brain metastases organoids

National Cancer Institute $76,500 5R03CA289645-02
NIH PI: Jon Scott Blevins Feb 2020 - Jan 2023

Developing a system for genetic manipulation of the Old World tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete, Borrelia duttonii

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $76,000 5R03AI151432-02
NIH PI: Roger D Pechous Dec 2020 - Nov 2023

Inflammation and the Treatment of Primary Pneumonic Plague

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $76,000 5R03AI155950-02
NIH PI: Jason S Stumhofer Nov 2021 - Oct 2023

Design of a B cell tetramer to track PfMSP2-specific B cells

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $76,000 5R03AI166284-02
NIH PI: Benjamin C AMICK Sep 2021 - Sep 2023

Mortality from Chronic Illnesses in Poultry and Non-Poultry Workers - Resubmission

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health $75,964 5R03OH012121-02
NIH PI: Melissa Jean Zielinski Apr 2019 - Mar 2025

Leveraging Implementation Science to Increase Access to Trauma Treatment for Incarcerated Drug Users

National Institute on Drug Abuse $75,535 3K23DA048162-05S1
NIH PI: Jason S Stumhofer Jul 2026 - Jun 2028

Development of an organoid model for studying endemic Burkitt lymphoma pathogenesis

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $75,074 1R03AI202278-01
NIH PI: Abdelrahman Fouda Sep 2019 - Jan 2026

Role of Arginase 1 in Retinal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

National Eye Institute $63,565 3R00EY029373-05S1
NIH PI: Ren Xu Jul 2017 - Jun 2026

Roles of RORα in breast cancer development and progression

National Cancer Institute $62,602 7R01CA215095-07
NIH PI: Daniel E Voth Mar 2000 - Dec 2022

Glycan Expression Analysis using an Odyssey CLx Infrared Imaging System

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $60,100 3R01GM061019-21S1
NIH PI: Justin Wai Chung Leung Mar 2021 - Dec 2022

Mechanistic characterization of the cell cycle-dependent DNA repair pathway- Resubmission

National Cancer Institute $52,528 5R01CA244261-02
NIH PI: Merideth A. Addicott Aug 2019 - Aug 2021

Distress Tolerance and Smoking Cessation

National Institute on Drug Abuse $51,347 5R01DA048948-03
NSF PI: Mark H McManis Aug 2022 - Jul 2023

I-Corps: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Brain Lesion Detection Diagnostic Software

$50,000 2234944
NIH PI: Gunes Koru Sep 2025 - Jun 2027

H3IT: Home Healthcare, Hospice, and Information Technology Conference

National Institute on Aging $49,964 5R13AG092127-02
NSF PI: Suzanne Alstadt Aug 2023 - Jul 2028

Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

$49,000 2334419
NIH PI: SYDNYE L SHUTTLEWORTH Aug 2025 - Jul 2029

Leveraging the E3 Ligase RNF166 to Prevent T Cell Exhaustion in Solid Tumors

National Cancer Institute $40,602 5F30CA305910-02
NIH PI: Katherine Deck Sep 2024 - Sep 2026

Kidney-resident memory CD8+ T cells promote hypertension and memorize salt sensitivity.

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute $39,509 5F31HL175932-02
NIH PI: Hayley Sabol Jul 2023 - Jun 2025

Targeting Notch3 for the treatment of multiple myeloma

National Cancer Institute $39,248 5F31CA284655-02
NIH PI: Dina Marie Jones Aug 2022 - Sep 2025

Predictors of Momentary Smoking Lapse Among Adults Who Smoke Menthol Cigarettes

National Institute on Drug Abuse $29,478 5K01DA055088-04
NIH PI: Susan Davis Emmett May 2022 - Jul 2026

mHealth Tympanometer: A Digital Innovation to Address Preventable Childhood Hearing Loss in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders $21,088 3R33DC020134-06S1