The Arkansas Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (AR BRIN) is funded by a grant from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), under the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The IDeA program was established for the purpose of broadening the geographic distribution of NIH funding for biomedical and behavioral research. Currently NCRR supports BRIN programs in 23 states and Puerto Rico.

The goals of the Arkansas BRIN are to:

• Expand biomedical research opportunities for undergraduate faculty and students through collaborations with graduate research institutions in Arkansas
• Stimulate more proposals from Arkansas scientists for federal grants in the biomedical sciences
• Advance statewide expertise in the rapidly developing disciplines of bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics, and digital microscopy

The lead institutions in the Arkansas BRIN are the
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

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