Federal grants to Arkansas Children's Research Institute
Arkansas Children's Research Institute in Little Rock, Arkansas received $78.5 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 38 awards. Its largest program was Biomedical Research and Research Training, with $27.9 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $15.9 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$78.5 million
- Awards38
- Awarded in FY 2025$15.9 million
- Largest award$14.0 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 16 | $11.5 million |
| FY 2022 | 19 | $13.4 million |
| FY 2023 | 19 | $23.4 million |
| FY 2024 | 21 | $14.3 million |
| FY 2025 | 22 | $15.9 million |
Programs that fund Arkansas Children's Research Institute
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Biomedical Research and Research Training | 4 | $27.9 million |
| Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | 10 | $15.5 million |
| Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research | 2 | $9.5 million |
| Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | 1 | $8.6 million |
| Cardiovascular Diseases Research | 7 | $5.6 million |
| Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research | 4 | $3.6 million |
| Trans-NIH Research Support | 2 | $2.8 million |
| Cancer Treatment Research | 1 | $2.1 million |
| Nursing Research | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Military Medical Research and Development | 2 | $847,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Human Services | 33 | $68.0 million |
| Department of Agriculture | 2 | $9.5 million |
| Department of Defense | 2 | $847,000 |
| National Science Foundation | 1 | $264,424 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for translational pediatric research (CTPR) | Biomedical Research and Research Training | June 10, 2021 | $14.0 million |
| Center for childhood obesity prevention | Biomedical Research and Research Training | August 24, 2021 | $11.5 million |
| Dietary and physical activity influences on infant/child/adolescent/maternal health and development - the mission of cooperator's Arkansas children's nutrition center (ACNC) is to conduct cutting-edge research to understand how maternal-child nutrition and physical activity optimize health and devel | Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research | July 29, 2022 | $9.3 million |
| 1/6 hbcd prenatal experiences and longitudinal development (prelude) consortium - project summary/abstract brain development occurs at a rapid pace prenatally and throughout childhood, impacted by dynamic genetic and environmental influences. Studies using advanced neuroimaging have provided signifi | Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs | September 24, 2021 | $8.6 million |
| Short course versus standard course antifungal therapy for pediatric candidemia: a multi-center randomized controlled trial - invasive candidiasis is the most common invasive fungal disease, and uncomplicated candidemia is the most common presentation. Randomized controlled trials in adults and a pr | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | August 5, 2022 | $5.6 million |
| Multi-center evaluation of the threat of established and emerging respiratory viral infections in pediatric transplant recipients - respiratory viral infections (RVI) have changed the world. Rvi are a leading cause of infectious morbidity and mortality in children undergoing hematopoietic cell trans | Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research | September 17, 2021 | $4.1 million |
| Arkansas center for advancing pediatric therapeutics (ARCAPT) | Trans-NIH Research Support | February 20, 2021 | $2.1 million |
| Identifying markers of abnormal neurocognitive trajectories during chemotherapy treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia - project summary childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) was uniformly fatal prior to the 1960S. Survival rates today approach 95%, making all one of medicine's g | Cancer Treatment Research | September 1, 2022 | $2.1 million |
| The role of the mitochondrion in the metabolic stress response to burn trauma - project summary the main objective of this maximizing investigators' research award (MIRA) is to provide new mechanistic insight regarding the metabolic stress response to burn trauma. Specifically, the overarching goal | Biomedical Research and Research Training | August 16, 2021 | $2.0 million |
| Effects of maternal obesity and inflammation on offspring brain development | Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research | June 29, 2021 | $1.8 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Arkansas Children's Research Institute get?
$78.5 million in 38 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Arkansas Children's Research Institute the most?
The Department of Health and Human Services, with $68.0 million in 33 awards. The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Defense follow.
What is Arkansas Children's Research Institute's largest federal grant?
$14.0 million under Biomedical Research and Research Training, with its first action in the period on June 10, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Arkansas Children's Research Institute?
Its largest are Biomedical Research and Research Training, Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research and Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research.
Other grant recipients in Little Rock
- Arkansas Department of Human Services
- Department of Education Arkansas
- Arkansas Department of Transportation
- Arkansas Department of Human Services
- Arkansas Economic Development Commission
- Arkansas Department of Health
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Arkansas Division of Workforce Services
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