# Pilot Grant Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · 2024 · $228,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT 
 A primary means of research support for investigators in the Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Host 
Inflammatory Responses (CMPHIR) in Phase III will be the NIGMS-funded Pilot Grant Program (PGP), 
supplemented with institutional funds ($100,000 per year for each year) to support a Director's Innovation Fund. 
The focus will be on identifying new investigators with research interests consistent with the scientific theme of 
the CMPHIR. Support will be provided for projects that clearly fit within the scientific scope of the CMPHIR, with 
a particular emphasis on investigators whose research is potentially synergistic with existing CMPHIR 
investigators, thereby maximizing opportunities for the development of synergistic collaborations. We will also 
continue the efforts we started in Phase II to support projects that address issues in infectious disease in the 
most comprehensive fashion possible and one that can be integrated with the experimental foundation built in 
Phases I and II. Included among specific areas of interest are projects investigating improved diagnostic 
methods, the development of more effective antimicrobial drugs, the potential to repurpose approved drugs for 
infectious disease applications, vaccine development, the development of biomaterials with anti-infective 
properties, and understanding the impact of host comorbidities on the susceptibility to infection and the response 
to therapeutic intervention. In addition, the PGP and Director's Innovation Fund will be used in support of highly 
strategic external recruitment by other research units at UAMS recruiting new investigators with research 
interests consistent with the scientific theme of the CMPHIR. This will allow the CMPHIR to continue to grow and 
mature into a self-sustaining Center of Biomedical Research Excellence as we move forward into Phase III and 
beyond.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10828760
- **Project number:** 5P30GM145393-03
- **Recipient organization:** UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS
- **Principal Investigator:** MARK S SMELTZER
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $228,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2022-05-05 → 2027-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10828760

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10828760, Pilot Grant Program (5P30GM145393-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10828760. Licensed CC0.

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