Arkansas Children’s Research Institute
Griffin’s $50M Grant Will Create Pediatric Opioid Center at Arkansas Children’s
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin awards Arkansas Children's $50 million to create a first-of-its-kind National Pediatric Opioid Research Center. read more >
Arkansas Children’s Gets $2.5M Grant for Cancer Study
The study will examine the long-term side effects of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. read more >
$9.7M Awarded for Antifungal Study Co-Led by Arkansas Children’s
The study with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia focuses on finding the optimal duration of therapy. read more >
$11.5M Grant Supports Arkansas Children’s Research Institute’s Quest for New Therapies
Funds will be used to continue systems biology research that began five years ago. read more >
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute Gets $25M to Study Long-Haul COVID in Children
The institute will be a key partner in a 14-state consortium. read more >
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Get $7.2M Grant for Childhood Development Study
The study will help provide a better understanding of how prenatal and perinatal experiences impact brain and behavioral development. read more >
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute Gets $11.5M For Child Obesity Studies
The federal grant will help improve research infrastructure and increase the number of scientists with expertise on the matter. read more >
$770K Grant to Fund Consortium to Study COVID Variants
A $770,000 National Institutes of Health grant will fund a new collaboration studying COVID-19 variants in Arkansas, increasing the capacity for genomic sequencing, tracking and analyses of virus samples. read more >
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute Gets $250K Grant
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute has been awarded a two-year, $250,000 National Institutes of Health grant to study asthma in children. read more >
Arkansas Children’s Institute Project Gets $1.2M Grant
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute received more than $1.2 million from the National Institutes of Health for a five-year study that looks at the effects of exposure to trichloroethylene. read more >
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute Gets $516K From NIH
Researchers at the Arkansas Children's Research Institute received $516,375 from the National Institutes of Health to study how prenatal exposure to opioids and other drugs affects children's brain development. read more >
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute, UAMS Awarded $420K
Arkansas Children's Research Institute and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have received a $420,000 National Institutes of Health to research chlamydia. read more >
Researcher at Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Gets $3.1M Grant for Study
A researcher at Arkansas Children’s Research Institute and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $3.1 million National Institutes of Health grant to study how maternal obesity during pregnancy influences infant brain development. read more >
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute Gets $3M Grant
The Arkansas Children's Research Institute gets a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how smartphone technology can help adolescents with asthma use self-management strategies to improve their health. read more >
NIH Gives Arkansas Children’s Research Institute $11.5M
The National Institutes of Health has awarded an $11.5 million grant to the Arkansas Children's Research Institute to develop a new center that will study how pediatric diseases develop and devise new treatments for children. read more >
Auxiliary Donates $1.2M to Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Arkansas Children's Hospital Auxiliary donated $1.2 million for Arkansas Children's programs and services last year, and that is the largest gift the group has given in its 50-year history. read more >
Ryan Gibson Foundation Gives $500K to the Arkansas Children’s Research Institute
The Ryan Gibson Foundation of Dallas awarded on Friday $500,000 for cancer research in the new precision medicine program at Arkansas Children’s Research Institute. read more >
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NIH Gives UAMS $42M to Oversee Pediatric Clinical Trial Network
The National Institutes of Health awards UAMS a $41.8 million grant to oversee a pediatric clinical trial network. read more >
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute Gets $9.4M for Obesity Studies
The Arkansas Children’s Research Institute announces a $9.4 million grant funded by an Institutional Development Award from the National Institutes of Health to create a center for the study of childhood obesity. read more >
UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Receive $1.4M to Study Childhood Obesity
Scientists at Arkansas Children’s Research Institute and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have received a $1.4 million grant from the USDA to find out why obesity rates in Arkansas are among the worst in the nation, the organizations announced in a news release Wednesday. read more >