FUNDING RENEWED FOR UAMS-LED BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM, BRINGING INBRE'S 30-YEAR-TOTAL TO MORE THAN $107 MILLION

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 10 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release:

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Lawrence Cornett, Ph.D., director of the Arkansas INBRE program.

June 10, 2026 | LITTLE ROCK - A federal grant that funds Arkansas INBRE, a statewide biomedical research program led by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been extended for another five years, providing 30 years of continuous funding totaling more than $107 million.

The latest grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, is for $19.6 million. It will be distributed over five years, bringing the total amount of NIH funding for the research program to ...