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Pilot Awards to Address Health Challenges of Rural and Underrepresented Populations 

The UAMS Office of Vice Chancellor (Shuk-Mei Ho, Ph.D.) for Research and UAMS Translational Research Institute (TRI) are pleased to invite applications for a special pilot grant targeting the health challenges of rural and underrepresented populations. The purpose of this pilot grant opportunity is for faculty members to form new teams to generate data necessary to submit competitive grant proposals in response to NIH, other federal agencies, and foundation grant funding opportunities addressing the health challenges of rural and underrepresented populations.
Budgets of up to $50,000 will be considered for the one-year awards. Letters of intent are due April 26, 2019, by noon. Invited full applications will be dueMay 24, 2019. 
View the Request for Applications.
 Any UAMS faculty, including at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Research Institute, and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, are invited to apply.  
Contact: Nia Indelicato, NLIndelicato@uams.edu, or 501-526-0363.

Key Dates:

  • RFA released: April 5
  • Letter of Intent due: April 26, by noon
  • Full applications invited: May 1
  • TRI/Biostatistics consultations: May 6-17
  • Proof of regulatory submission due: May 24 (include in application)
  • Application due: May 24, by noon
  • Lay videos due: May 29  
  • Study Section: June 11
  • Awardees announced: June 14  
  • Start date: June 30

UAMS Opioid/Pain Pilot Awardees Named

Six UAMS faculty have received pilot awards in opioid addiction and pain research. The one-year awards of up to $25,000 each were made possible through the UAMS Office of Vice Chancellor for Research and are being administered by the UAMS Translational Research Institute. The pilot projects will provide important preliminary data for these research teams to submit future federal grants to expand opioid addiction and pain research at UAMS.

Below are the awardees, their research titles and their video summaries of their projects:

Johnathan Goree, M.D., Video-based, Patient-Focused Opioid Education in the Perioperative Period: A Feasibility Study; https://youtu.be/QB9f_E9AOG0

Corey Hayes, Pharm.D., MPH, Linking the Arkansas Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Data with the Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database; https://youtu.be/ScgtR2OLZWE

Linda Larson-Prior, Ph.D., Impact of Buprenorphine-Assisted Treatment on Sleep, Mood and Cognition among Opioid Use Disorder Patients; https://youtu.be/sRWujnCwnOQ

 Issam Makhoul, M.D., The Development and Implementation of a Standardized Pain Management Protocol for Adult Sickle Cell Patients; https://youtu.be/rpkW7TqqUVU

Clare Nesmith, M.D., Quantitation of Opioids in Neonates with Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal; https://youtu.be/WA8nL6fucoM

Alison Oliveto, Ph.D., Gamified Intervention to Prevent Adolescent Opioid Misuse; https://youtu.be/uCdG2L3fNN8

The awardees were selected from a diverse and competitive pool of applicants. Seventeen Letters of Intent were submitted, and 12 were invited to submit a full application. Ten full applications were reviewed and scored by a study section of 29 faculty and community reviewers.

The project start date is Jan. 1, 2019.

Call for Pilot Awards to Address Opioid Addiction and Pain Management

Researchers are encouraged to apply for pilot study awards being offered for opioid addiction and pain management research. Funded by UAMS, one-year awards of $25,000 will be available for studies that can produce data to support applications for larger extramural awards. Letters of intent (LOI) are due Oct. 8, 2018, by noon. View the Letter of Intent cover page.

Multidisciplinary teams will be given priority.  Any UAMS faculty, including at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Research Institute, and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, are invited to apply. View the Request for Applications (RFA) LOI document.  

Frequently Asked Questions

Contact: Nia Indelicato, NLIndelicato@uams.edu, or 501-526-0363.

Key Dates:

  • RFA released: Sept 10
  • Letter of Intent due: Oct. 8, by noon
  • Full applications invited: Oct. 12
  • TRI/Biostatistics consultations: Oct. 15 – 26
  • Proof of IRB submission due: Oct. 29, by noon (include in application)
  • Application due: Oct. 29, by noon
  • Videos due: Nov. 5 
  • Awardees announcement: Dec. 10 
  • Start date: Jan. 1, 2019