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TRI Pilot Awards Program

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New RFA Now Open

Research Benefitting Rural Populations Pilot Grant Opportunity is now open.

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Program Overview

The goal of TRI’s Pilot Program is to provides seed funds for feasibility testing and generation of preliminary data to support future research efforts that will make a measurable positive impact on health issues facing Arkansas and Arkansans.

Request for Applications (RFAs) are released biannually and rotate among these four focus areas:

  1. Health concerns and challenges of rural and underrepresented populations
  2. Implementation science to incorporate new research findings into the health care system, including rural practices
  3. Biomedical informatics approaches that examine unique state data resources
  4. Community and/or stakeholder-partnered research.

Meet Our Past Awardees

  • Biomedical Informatics 2017
  • Implementation Science 2018
  • Special Opioid and Pain Management Pilot Award 2018
    (Special RFA funded by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research)
  • Health Challenges of Rural and Underrepresented Populations 2019
  • Translational Research Involving Special Populations 2019
  • Translational Biomedical Informatics Research Benefiting Rural Health 2020

Pilot Funding FAQs

Visit our Frequently Asked Questions page to find the answers to some of the most common questions about our TRI’s Pilot Grant Program.

FAQs

Leadership

Dr Mock
Donald Mock, MD, PhD
Director of Pilot Program; Co-Director of Mock Study Sections
501-526-4207
mockdonaldm@uams.edu
Nia Indelicato
Nia Indelicato, MNO, CRS
Assistant Director of Programs- Pilots, KL2, & Profiles
501-526-0363
NLIndelicato@uams.edu
Chrissie Barnes
Chrissie Barnes, MAT
Project Manager, Pilot Awards Program
501-526-8730
cbarnes@uams.edu

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  • Research Benefitting Rural Populations Pilot Grant Opportunity
  • Research Benefitting Rural Populations Pilot Grant Opportunity FAQs
  • TRI Pilot Funding Frequently Asked Questions
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