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Click the button below to view updates from Daniel E. Voth, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, regarding news about federal funding of research.
Funding Proposal Submission Portal
To help streamline the proposal submission process in the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, we are implementing a funding proposal submission portal for the research community at UAMS. Click the button below to visit the portal.
Benefits of the portal:
- Single repository for first contact from PIs
- Simplified, accessible platform for all proposal-related information
- Standardization of information requested from all PIs
- Tracking system for receipt of first contact
- Reduced communication delays
How the portal process will work:
- PI will enter proposal information into the portal at least 30 to 45 days prior to the sponsor deadline
- Team member from Research & Sponsored Programs will receive a notification from the portal
- Team member from Research & Sponsored Programs will assign the proposal to the appropriate person to prepare the proposal
- Within 2 business days, a team member will provide the PI with a project-specific timeline and PI questionnaire
- Research & Sponsored Programs team member will then begin the Muse entry and formal proposal collaboration with the PI
- The proposal timeline must be followed as very few timeline extension requests will be approved
If you have any questions about the process, please reach out to Andi Ham (acham@uams.edu) or Daniel E. Voth (dvoth@uams.edu).
Grant Submission Notification Form
Do you plan to submit a grant proposal soon? Let the associate dean of research know about it at least four weeks before the grant deadline using our online form.
UAMS Research News

Student Research Day Celebrates UAMS’ Next Generation
Aspiring researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) presented their work to faculty and peers at Student Research Day on the main campus in Little Rock on April 17. The UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville hosted a concurrent Student Research Day at Washington Regional Medical Center. The event, originally scheduled for…
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UAMS Showcase for Medical Discoveries Focuses on Digital Health, Collaboration
Amidst the digital health initiatives on display during the latest research showcase at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was the opportunity for good, old-fashioned collaboration. Approximately 40 people attended the UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries, held April 9 on the 10th floor of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute in Little…
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UAMS, CDC Find 3% of Arkansas 8-Year-Olds, 2.5% of 4-Year-Olds Diagnosed with Autism
LITTLE ROCK — One in 34 (3.0%) of 8-year-old children in Arkansas were identified with autism spectrum disorder by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Arkansas Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (AR ADDM) program in 2022, according to an analysis published April 15 in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Surveillance Summaries.
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NIH Awards UAMS Nearly $3 Million to Study DNA Structures that Could Impact Cancer Treatment
LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Kevin Raney, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, $2.99 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study unusual DNA structures called quadruplexes, which may act like natural drugs by binding to key proteins involved in disease. The grant from the NIH…
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General Information
Phone: 501-686-6166
Fax: 501-686-5716
Email: ADResearchCHP@UAMS.edu
Reza Hakkak, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research
Professor and Chair, Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
Email: HakkakReza@UAMS.edu
Sheena Joyner
Executive Assistant II
Email: SNJoyner@UAMS.edu
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4301 W. Markham St., Slot 627
Little Rock, AR 72205