Project Grant R13FD006690

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $3.82 million Cooperative Agreement under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to the Arkansas Research Alliance, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029. The Arkansas Nexus for Excellence in Technology, Workforce, Outreach, and Research Knowledge (AR-NETWORK) project delivers a comprehensive statewide research system development initiative designed to strengthen Arkansas's research...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas received a $399,831 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. Titled "Modeling the Phylogenetic Architecture of Biodiversity," this research initiative will develop novel statistical methods and computational tools to link observed biological...

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Division, is the recipient of a $436,326 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859). The project, titled "DISSECTING CRYPTIC GENETIC VARIATION UNDERLYING COMPLEX TRAITS IN DROSOPHILA", aims to use the Drosophila model organism to reveal cryptic genetic variation and uncover novel gene-gene and gene-environment interactions...

This $499,112 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program will update high-performance computing resources at the Arkansas High Performance Computing Center (AHPCC) based at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. The award will double the all-user CPU capacity through the acquisition of 37 dual-socket server computers interconnected with a 100 Gb/s network. This computing infrastructure will support research across disciplines such...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a one-year Cooperative Agreement totaling $250,000 to the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026. Under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), this agreement provides funding to the Arkansas Clean Plant Center (ACPC) to ensure continued operations and maintain the center's capacity to...

This cooperative agreement between the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas will provide $586,432 to continue building capacity at the Arkansas Clean Plant Center. The Center will deliver diagnostic services for seven berry companies, running 20 high-throughput sequencing runs, 6,000 polymerase chain reaction tests, and 12,000 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays annually over the two-year...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences received a $1.825 million Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310), awarded on August 12, 2025, with performance through May 31, 2030. The Maternal and Reproductive Community Health Excellence (MARCH) Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Phase 1 grant establishes research infrastructure and support mechanisms...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Arkansas State University received a $719.8K Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) on September 15, 2025, to acquire advanced analytical instrumentation consisting of a liquid chromatograph-tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer (LC-MS/MS) and desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) imaging system. The primary products and services delivered through this grant include enhanced research...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville received a $365,077 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), effective September 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030. This five-year award supports research investigating the mechanobiology of multicellular morphogenesis—specifically, how mechanical forces and signals within cellular microenvironments drive...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $100,000 to Baylor College of Medicine on September 15, 2025, under the Human Genome Research program (CFDA 93.172) to establish and operate the Rare Organic Acidemias Research (ROAR) Consortium through August 31, 2030. This multi-site collaborative network, coordinated from Houston, Texas, delivers comprehensive research services focused on characterizing the natural...