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Funding Opportunities

Grants

Explore the links to find grants that may fit your research ideas. Most of these grants do not need preliminary data but are building blocks for future NIH submissions. Contact Dr. Marie Burdine for additional support: MSBurdine@uams.edu

  • National Institutes of Health

  • Intramural Funding at UAMS Research and Innovation

  • UAMS Translational Research Institute Funding Opportunities

Travel Awards

Explore these links to apply for travel awards

  • UAMS COM Parent’s Club

    Medical student travel assistance. See the Student Travel Application Form

  • Cancer Institute Travel Awards

    Available to Investigators with full membership status – may use for students

  • The UAMS COM is also a potential source of student travel funding. The deadline for Fall travel applications is September 15th and for Spring travel is March 1. For more information email Sharanda Williams, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Diversity, COM at: WilliamsSharanda@uams.edu
  • Finally, always check the meeting website that you are attending as many societies and organizations offer student travel awards.

Templates

Word templates for key sections of NIH grants including the R01 and R21. Use them as guidance for putting together your grants. They may also be used as templates for other internal or external grants given that most follow similar guidelines as the NIH.

  • NIH Biosketch

    Note the expiration date to make sure you are using the most up to date template.

  • Specific Aims

    Word document download

  • Research Strategy

    Word document download

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