NIH funding profile · Little Rock, AR · Research institute
Arkansas Children's Research Institute NIH Funding
NIH RePORTER recipient name: Arkansas Children's Hospital Res Inst
Reviewed by Dr. Meng ZhaoLast reviewed October 16, 2026Data refreshed October 16, 2026Editorial standards
Arkansas Children's Research Institute received $13.9M in NIH award funding in fiscal year 2026 across 25 award records and 25 principal investigators. That ranks #267 of 2,407 NIH-funded institutions and #3 in Arkansas, down 15.9% from FY2025.
FY2026 closed on September 30, 2026, but NIH keeps posting that year's awards to RePORTER for several weeks. FY2026 figures reflect records available on October 16, 2026 and may rise slightly at the next refresh.
FY2026 NIH funding
$13.9M
−15.9% vs FY2025
National rank
#267
Down 16 places from #251 vs FY2025
Rank in Arkansas
#3
15.2% of Arkansas NIH funding · down 1 place from #2
Awards · PIs
25
25 investigators · 5 new projects
NIH funding trend, FY2022–FY2026
Arkansas Children's Research Institute received $70.8M in NIH awards over these five fiscal years. Annual funding moved +6.0% from FY2022 to FY2026. Its best national rank in the period was #251 (FY2025).
| Year | Funding | Change | Awards | PIs | U.S. rank | AR rank | Top IC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $13.9M | −15.9% | 25 | 25 | #267 | #3 | NIGMS |
| FY2025 | $16.6M | +17.0% | 29 | 27 | #251 | #2 | NIGMS |
| FY2024 | $14.2M | +8.9% | 21 | 24 | #271 | #2 | NIGMS |
| FY2023 | $13.0M | −1.0% | 17 | 18 | #278 | #2 | NIGMS |
| FY2022 | $13.1M | — | 17 | 19 | #281 | #2 | NIGMS |
NIH institutes funding Arkansas Children's Research Institute, FY2026
9 NIH institutes and centers administered awards here in FY2026. The largest, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), accounted for 23.9% of the institution's NIH funding across 3 awards.
- NIGMS · National Institute of General Medical Sciences$3.3M · 23.9%
3 awards · vs FY2025: −28.9%
- NHLBI · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute$2.8M · 20.4%
5 awards · vs FY2025: +41.6%
- NIDA · National Institute on Drug Abuse$2.7M · 19.7%
2 awards · vs FY2025: +10.7%
- NIAID · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases$2.5M · 18.2%
9 awards · vs FY2025: −40.5%
- NICHD · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development$795K · 5.7%
2 awards · vs FY2025: −7.1%
- NIEHS · National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences$656K · 4.7%
1 award · vs FY2025: −5.7%
- NIDDK · National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases$612K · 4.4%
1 award · vs FY2025: −0.3%
- NCI · National Cancer Institute$427K · 3.1%
1 award · vs FY2025: −23.7%
- OD · NIH Office of the Director$1 · 0.0%
1 award · vs FY2025: −100.0%
Award mechanism mix
Share of NIH award dollars by activity-code family in FY2026, with the FY2022 share for comparison. R01-equivalent research grants were 54.2% of funding.
- R01-equivalent54.2% · FY22 33.6%
- Centers & program projects (P)23.1% · FY22 42.5%
- Cooperative agreements (U)19.4% · FY22 17.2%
- Career development (K)3.2% · FY22 0.0%
- Other research (R)0.0% · FY22 6.7%
Top activity codes, FY2026
Largest FY2026 awards
The biggest single award records by FY2026 dollars. Each links to its NIH RePORTER project page.
- 1/6 HBCD Prenatal Experiences and Longitudinal Development (PRELUDE) Consortium (opens NIH RePORTER)
4U01DA055352-06 · NIDA
$2.1MU01
- Center for Translational Pediatric Research (opens NIH RePORTER)
5P20GM121293-10 · NIGMS
$2.1MP20
- Short Course Versus Standard Course Antifungal Therapy for Pediatric Candidemia: A Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial (opens NIH RePORTER)
5R01AI170385-05 · NIAID
$1.2MR01
- Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention (opens NIH RePORTER)
1P30GM165295-01 · NIGMS
$1.2MP30
- Partial Heart Transplantation: Clinically Relevant Aspects of Transplant Biology (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01HL177528-01A1 · NHLBI
$801KR01
- Digital and Hormonal Biomarkers: Identifying Novel Targets for a Personalized Medicine Approach for Smoking Cessation in Women of Reproductive Age (opens NIH RePORTER)
1R01DA063592-01A1 · NIDA
$676KR01
Recently started projects
The latest new (Type 1) FY2026 awards by notice date, out of 5 new projects NIH funded here this year.
- Understanding the Mechanisms of Muscle Catabolism after Burn Injury (opens NIH RePORTER)
1K99GM159200-01A1 · NIGMS · Notice Jun 3, 2026
$107KK99
- ECLIPSE- Extent and CLinical Impact of Pigment in Pulse oximeter Saturation Error in ICU infants (opens NIH RePORTER)
1K23HL181400-01A1 · NHLBI · Notice May 26, 2026
$185KK23
Other NIH-funded institutions in Arkansas
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesLittle Rock, AR | $52.5M |
| 2 | University of Arkansas at FayettevilleFayetteville, AR | $20.1M |
| 3 | Arkansas Children's Research InstituteLittle Rock, AR | $13.9M |
Nearby in the national ranking
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 264 | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchCambridge, MA | $14.4M |
| 265 | Revagenix, Inc.San Mateo, CA | $14.2M |
| 266 | Palo Alto Veterans Institute for ResearchPalo Alto, CA | $14.1M |
| 267 | Arkansas Children's Research InstituteLittle Rock, AR | $13.9M |
| 268 | Versiti Blood Health, Inc.Milwaukee, WI | $13.4M |
| 269 | University of OklahomaNorman, OK | $13.2M |
| 270 | Binghamton UniversityBinghamton, NY | $13.2M |
Similar research institutes and nonprofits
| # | Institution | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| 262 | Translational Genomics Research InstitutePhoenix, AZ | $14.7M |
| 263 | Schepens Eye Research InstituteBoston, MA | $14.4M |
| 264 | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchCambridge, MA | $14.4M |
| 266 | Palo Alto Veterans Institute for ResearchPalo Alto, CA | $14.1M |
| 267 | Arkansas Children's Research InstituteLittle Rock, AR | $13.9M |
| 268 | Versiti Blood Health, Inc.Milwaukee, WI | $13.4M |
| 272 | Buck Institute for Research on AgingNovato, CA | $13.0M |
About these numbers
Source: the public NIH RePORTER API, refreshed October 16, 2026. See our data methodology and the guide to reading NIH funding rankings by university.
- Who is countedAwards made to NIH recipient organization code 491702 (Arkansas Children's Hospital Res Inst). A university's medical school, affiliated hospital, or other campuses can be separate NIH recipients with their own totals.
- What is countedTotal award amount (direct plus indirect) obligated in each fiscal year for grants, cooperative agreements, training awards, SBIR/STTR, and R&D contracts. Subprojects, intramural research, and interagency agreements are excluded.
- InstitutesEach award is credited in full to its administering institute, even when other institutes co-fund it.
- SubawardsNIH reports the prime recipient only, so research this institution performs under another organization's grant is not included here.