Funding Available for Research in Cell and Tissue Metabolism

The focus of the NIH-funded Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center is to understand the role of cell and tissue metabolism in disease, development and repair through research involving advanced imaging, bioenergetics and data science. 

If your research has a similar focus, and you are an assistant professor who has not yet received major federal funding (e.g., an NIH R01 or an NSF three- to five-year grant), then this funding opportunity is for you! Successful applications will be collaborative, interdisciplinary, should expand the applicant's research and have the potential to generate data for federal funding applications. 

Anticipated award dates are Aug. 15, 2021, to Feb. 28, 2022. Budgets of $25,000 in direct costs are recommended due to the short project period, but a maximum of $50,000 in direct costs can be requested. Awardees will have an opportunity to apply for a second year of funding in 2022 to continue successful projects.  

The deadline for application submission is 11:59 p.m., Thursday, July 15.

Interested individuals can contact the following individuals for more information:

• For questions related to Pilot Project Program applications and review, please contact professor Walter Bottje at wbottje@uark.edu.
• For questions related to the alignment of research with the mission and goals of the AIMRC, please contact associate professor Kyle Quinn at kpquinn@uark.edu.
• For administrative questions or to request an application package, please contact Kimberley Fuller at fullerk@uark.edu.