National Institute of
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Program News
Articles and other news about DRCB grant programs

Research News
Research news from DRCB program sites

Meetings and Events
Conferences and other DRCB events

The news releases and articles below highlight research institutions supported by NIGMS.

Program News

UCA Faculty Receive $1.4M for Research 
July 16, 2018 • University of Central Arkansas

Federal Grant Brings $13.1 Million to OMRF Labs 
July 13, 2018 • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Ming Lei to Direct NIGMS Division for Research Capacity Building
June 06, 2018 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences

GBC Student Receives NIH Fellowship Award 
April 26, 2018 • Great Basin College

Lowe, Yates Receive $50,000 Grant for Concussion Research 
April 20, 2018 • Log Cabin Democrat

NIH Awards $11.3M to Establish Bone Research Center at UAMS 
March 16, 2018 • Banner News

NIGMS Funds 27 Institutional Development Awards in Fiscal Year 2017
January 3, 2018 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences

New Grant to Attract Bilingual Spanish-English High School Students for Careers in Healthcare 
December 5, 2017 • Nevada Today

DSU Neuroscience Center Awarded $10.9M NIH Grant 
November 21, 2017 • Delaware State University

N.C. A&T's Dr. Ongeri Awarded $1.42 Million NIH Grant to Study Kidney Disease 
November 7, 2017 • North Carolina A&T State University

Childhood Obesity Researchers Announce Inaugural Group of Projects 
October 26, 2017 • KUAR

Laureate Brain Research Institute in Tulsa Receives $11.3 Million Grant to Study Mood, Anxiety Disorders 
October 17, 2017 • Tulsa World

UW's Sensory Biology Center Receives Five-Year, $10 Million COBRE Grant 
October 12, 2017 • University of Wyoming

OU Research Group Awarded $10.5 Million NIH COBRE Grant 
September 27, 2017 • EurekAlert!

Twin Cities PBS Receives National Institutes of Health Award 
September 15, 2017 • Twin Cities Public Television

HRiA Awarded NIH Science Education Partners Award Grant 
September 7, 2017 • Health Resources in Action

UAMS Center Helps Secure More than $100 Million in Research Funding 
September 5, 2017 • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

KSU Research Team Gets $10.6 Million Grant 
July 26, 2017 • KSAL.com

NIH Awards $20 Million for Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science (LA CaTS) Center 
July 25, 2017 • Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science Center

Joining Forces for Our Health: The Mountain West Clinical Translational Research Infrastructure Network Helps 13 Universities Support the Faculty and Research That Will Improve Human Health in Seven States 
July 13, 2017 • University of Nevada, Las Vegas

NIH Gives Arkansas Children's Research Institute $11.5M 
July 12, 2017 • Arkansas Business

Partnership with EMMC Cancer Care Provides Clinical Laboratory Training 
June 15, 2017 • MDI Biological Laboratory

Smeltzer Awarded $11 Million COBRE Grant to Continue Research on Microbial Pathogens 
May 30, 2017 • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

LCSC's Latta Receives INBRE Pilot Project Grant to Study Gene Mutation 
May 4, 2017 • Clearwater Tribune

Harvard Medical School, Sanford Research to Engage Classrooms and Communities Through Genetics 
May 1, 2017 • Newswise

Grants to Fund Mobile Computer Lab and Gap Year Program 
May 1, 2017 • Sierra Nevada College Eagle's Eye

UK Awarded $11.2 Million Grant to Launch New Center for Cancer and Metabolism 
April 17, 2017 • University of Kentucky

Biomedical Research Hub Makes First Pilot Awards 
February 17, 2017 • Brown University

NIGMS Funds 26 Institutional Development Awards in Fiscal Year 2016
December 20, 2016 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences

$20 Million Research Grant is Largest Ever for UNMC 
October 24, 2016 • University of Nebraska Medical Center

NIH Awards More than $150 Million for Research on Environmental Influences on Child Health
September 21, 2016 • National Institutes of Health

NIH Selects Sanford for Grant to Move Cancer Research to Clinical Trials 
September 16, 2016 • Sanford Health

UofL Researchers Take Lead Role in Exploring Liver Disease 
September 14, 2016 • University of Louisville

University Earns $11.3M NIH Grant to Study Biomolecular Communication 
August 30, 2016 • University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Arkansas Children's Research Institute Receives $9.4 Million NIH Award to Establish Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Childhood Obesity Prevention 
August 08, 2016 • Arkansas Children's Research Institute

Cancer Research at RI Hospital Gets $5.8 Million Boost from the NIH 
June 05, 2016 • Rhode Island Hospital

COBRE Award to North Dakota State University 
February 23, 2016 • North Dakota State University

Converse College Earns National Institutes of Health Funding to Expand Science Programs 
November 15, 2015 • GoUpstate.com

NIGMS Awards 18 IDeA Grants in Fiscal Year 2015
October 28, 2015 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences

BBHI Lands $11.6 Million Grant for Brain Injury Research 
September 18, 2015 • University of New Mexico

Delaware's Job Future Is in Science 
September 05, 2015 • Delaware Online

UNLV, Ruvo Center Get $11M to Research Alzheimer's, Parkinson's 
September 04, 2015 • Las Vegas Review-Journal

Presbyterian College Gets NIH Grant for Biomedical Research 
August 14, 2015 • Presbyterian College

UAMS Awarded $10.5M Grant for New Research Center 
August 12, 2015 • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

UAMS Gets $3.9M NIH Grant for Biomedical Research Program 
June 10, 2015 • Arkansas Business

NIGMS Forms New Center for Research Capacity Building
May 04, 2015 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences

NIGMS Funds 37 Institutional Development Awards in Fiscal Year 2014
December 16, 2014 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences

NIGMS Funds 30 Institutional Development Awards
October 25, 2013 • National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Research News

New Concussion App Uses Eggs and Woodpeckers to Explain the Science 
February 20, 2018 • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

UMaine, UMM Students Conduct Biomedical Research During Summer Program 
August 21, 2017 • The University of Maine

UAMS Researcher's Mobile Application Enhances Training for Emergency Dispatchers 
May 15, 2017 • University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences

Research at MDI Biological Laboratory Examines Role of Early-Life Stress in Adult Illness 
October 24, 2016 • MDI Biological Laboratory

WVCTSI Engages Communities in Health Discussion 
August 30, 2016 • West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute

MDI Biological Laboratory Scientists Awarded Patent for Potential New Heart Disease Drug 
August 23, 2016 • MDI Biological Laboratory

From Sci Fi to Reality: Unlocking the Secret to Growing New Limbs 
August 05, 2016 • MDI Biological Laboratory

A Common Enemy: Through Clinical Trials, Veterinarian Fights Cancer in Animals, Humans 
June 13, 2016 • Kansas State University

Together, West Virginia Healthcare Providers Work to Solve State's Health Needs 
September 22, 2015 • West Virginia University

Programs Team Up to Advance Research in State 
August 04, 2015 • Lincoln Journal Star

Meetings and Events

Science Scholars Present Research at State Conference 
November 20, 2017 • UA Little Rock

Hendrix Students Present Undergraduate Research at the Arkansas INBRE Research Conference 
November 13, 2017 • Hendrix College

Ouachita Students' Research Recognized at Arkansas INBRE Conference 
November 10, 2017 • Ouachita Baptist University

North East Regional IDeA Conference Begins in Burlington 2017 
August 16, 2017 • WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Event Showcases Undergraduate Research in R.I. 
July 17, 2017 • The University of Rhode Island

Wesley Student Presents at Posters on the Hill 
May 1, 2017 • Wesley College

WV-INBRE Program Brings Faculty and Student Researchers Across the State to WVU and Marshall for Research Experience 
August 10, 2016 • West Virginia University

Regional IDeA Meeting Comes to Biloxi, Hosted by Mississippi INBRE and Southern Miss 
November 18, 2015 • The University of Southern Mississippi