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Arkansas Research Alliance tells Senate education panel its programs leverage small state funding into larger federal awards
Summary
Representatives of the Arkansas Research Alliance told the Senate Education Committee the group's scholar, fellow and impact-grant programs help recruit research talent and have, the group said, turned a $1 million pilot into $13 million in federal follow-on funding while pursuing larger NSF, Army and FDA-supported projects.
Arkansas Research Alliance leaders outlined to the Senate Education Committee how the nonprofit channels modest state and private funds into research awards and partnerships aimed at recruiting and retaining university research talent and bolstering the state economy.
"We're in our fourteenth year of operation," ARA founder Jerry Adams told the committee, summarizing the group's mission to identify research strengths across five member universities and connect those researchers with industry and federal partners. He said ARA operates as a public–private partnership that includes the five research university chancellors and corporate leaders on its board.
ARA CEO Brian Barnhouse described the Alliance’s program portfolio: a $500,000 Scholars award (paid in three installments) to recruit out‑of‑state researchers, a $75,000 Fellows…
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