Application Portal Open: Research and Equipment Grants Through Arkansas Biosciences Institute
A grant competition is available to faculty involved in basic and applied research related to the Arkansas Biosciences Institute mission.
The Arkansas Biosciences Institute was created as the major research component of the Tobacco Settlement Act. By state law (ACA § 19-12-115) the ABI has five research foci:
- Agricultural research with medical applications.
- Bioengineering research that expands genetic knowledge and creates new applications in the agricultural/medical fields.
- Tobacco-related research designed to provide new behavioral, diagnostic and therapeutic knowledge for treatment of tobacco-related diseases.
- Nutritional research and other research aimed at preventing and treating cancer or congenital or hereditary conditions.
- Other areas of research related or complementary to primary ABI-supported programs.
Grants with one-year budgets from $5,000 to $50,000 will be available to individual U of A researchers. Multiple-investigator proposals for large, multi-user research instrumentation are encouraged, with budgets up to $300,000 allowed.
The application deadline for this opportunity is April 28. It is anticipated that funds will become available as early as July 1.
To submit an application, please visit U of A's InfoReady Portal. Faculty who hold Division of Agriculture appointments should apply to the Division of Agriculture ABI program.
Contacts
Sarah Grace Brown, communications coordinator
Division of Research and Innovation
479-575-6874,
sarahb@uark.edu
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