The Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence () is funded by a grant from the under the Program of the .
The IDeA program was established to broaden the geographic distribution of NIH funding for biomedical and behavioral research. Currently, NIGMS supports INBRE programs in .
Arkansas INBRE builds on the successful Arkansas Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) program that was established in 2001 under a grant from the NIH. The Arkansas BRIN links Arkansas institutions of higher education to create a statewide infrastructure in support of an effort to build biomedical research capacity in Arkansas.
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