Grants

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UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Awarded Five New Grants from National Cancer Institute

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By Marty Trieschmann

Researchers at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have been awarded five new grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in 2024, totaling $4.6 million.

New grants include:

  • $3.3 million NCI grant to create a Melanoma Resistance Evolution Atlas, Principal Investigator: Alan Tackett, Ph.D., Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute deputy director

  • $421,000 NCI grant to study cancer-evolved resistance mechanism to enhance adoptive T-cells, Principal Investigators: Tackett and Brian Koss, Ph.D., UAMS assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology

  • $393,000 NCI grant to study the mechanisms of TH17-DC immunotherapy for ovarian cancer. Principal Investigator: Martin Cannon, Ph.D., UAMS professor of microbiology and immunology

  • $393,000 NCI grant to study SR-A as a therapeutic target in breast cancer. Principal Investigators: Steven Post, Ph.D., UAMS professor of pathology, and Behjatolah Karbassi, Ph.D., UAMS associate professor of pathology

  • $153,000 NCI grant to study the development of immunocompetent melanoma brain metastases organoids. Principal Investigator: Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., UAMS associate professor of neurosurgery

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Awarded Five New Grants from National Cancer Institute

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Grants Illustrate Impact of UAMS Research Center at UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries

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By David Robinson

The recent UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries featuring the UAMS Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Inflammatory Responses was a bad news/great news event for Mark Smeltzer, Ph.D., who leads the center.

Smeltzer’s Showcase poster, an overview of the center’s achievements since its 2012 inception, included an impressive list of grant awards by 20 individual researchers that totaled more than $84 million. The bad news was that the numbers were outdated by the day of the event.

The great news was that the numbers were outdated because three new grant notices arrived for center-supported researchers after the poster went to the printer two days before the May 22 showcase.

Grants Illustrate Impact of UAMS Research Center at UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries

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UAMS Chancellor’s Circle Awards Grants to 13 Programs

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By Andrew Vogler

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded 13 grants totaling $213,000 at the annual Chancellor’s Circle Grant Awards ceremony held Oct. 23.

The Chancellor’s Circle is UAMS’ premier annual giving society. Through its unrestricted annual giving, this group of dedicated members donates more than $200,000 a year that funds grants to address the institution’s highest priorities. More than 250 household and corporate members make up the Chancellor’s Circle.

UAMS uses the grants to help attract distinguished scholars, purchase state-of-the-art medical equipment, provide seed monies for innovative health and wellness programs, and finance research projects of high potential to the state’s economic and social development.

UAMS Chancellor’s Circle Awards Grants to 13 Programs

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USDA accepting applications for $1 billion in renewable energy REAP grants

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by Talk Business & Politics staff (staff2@talkbusiness.net)

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Friday (March 31) that USDA is accepting applications for $1 billion in grants to help agricultural producers and rural small businesses invest in renewable energy systems and make energy-efficiency improvements.

USDA is making the $1 billion in grants available under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), with funding from the Inflation Reduction Act.

“Supporting renewable energy and energy-saving systems helps the people of rural America create thriving, livable communities,” Vilsack said. “When we invest in rural communities, we are supporting hard work that sends a ripple effect across our country. Clean energy is critical to the future of our economy, and the Inflation Reduction Act provides the Biden-Harris Administration with the resources to build a more prosperous rural America while tackling the climate crisis and lowering energy costs.”

https://talkbusiness.net/2023/04/usda-accepting-applications-for-1-billion-in-renewable-energy-reap-grants/

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Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas Awards UAMS 3 Grants To Improve Mental Health Treatment

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By Tim Taylor

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received three grants from Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas aimed at strengthening programs treating Arkansans with mental illness.

Jessica Coker, M.D., an associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, is the principal investigator in MAPS (Mental Health and Addiction Peer Support), a peer-support model for co-occurring substance use disorders within acute psychiatric units.

Supported by a $122,389 grant from the Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas, Coker, along with Abigail Richison, M.D., will integrate a peer navigator assigned to the inpatient units at the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute (PRI). The peer navigator will work specifically with patients dealing with substance use disorders.

https://news.uams.edu/2023/01/26/blue-you-foundation-for-a-healthier-arkansas-awards-uams-3-grants-to-improve-mental-health-treatment/

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Grants from Walmart Foundation, Alice L. Walton Foundation to Support Double Your Dollars Food Assistance Program

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By Andrew Vogler

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received grants from the Walmart Foundation, $250,000, and the Alice L. Walton Foundation, $100,000, to support the Northwest Arkansas (NWA) Farmers’ Market Alliance’s Double Your Dollars program, an initiative that provides residents access to affordable, healthy foods at farmers markets.

Created in 2012 to address food insecurity of low-income residents in Northwest Arkansas, the Double Your Dollars program provides recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) vouchers with one-to-one dollar matched tokens for purchasing healthy, locally grown food at participating farmers markets. In 2020, the program was expanded to accept Pandemic SNAP assistance.

“Increasing access to healthier food is critical for the well-being of communities,” said Rachel Spencer, senior manager of strategic initiatives at Walmart.org. “The Double Your Dollars program helps connect people with the nutritious foods they need to thrive, and we’re excited to support this program.”

https://news.uams.edu/2022/09/01/uams-receives-350000-in-grants-from-walmart-foundation-alice-l-walton-foundation-to-support-double-your-dollars-food-assistance-program/