NIH IDeA in Idaho

Three awards with the UI and ISU as joint participants; three awards to strengthen biomedical research infrastructure at UI, BSU, ISU and many other higher education institutions in Idaho, and four Center of Biomedical Research Excellence awards to UI.

• $100,000 plus equal dollar match ($25,300 State of Idaho, $74,700 UI and ISU). One year (1993) funding five independent biomedical research projects (4 at UI and 1 at ISU).

• $200,000 plus equal dollar match from the State of Idaho. Two years (1994-95) to equip core molecular laboratories for biomedical research at UI and ISU.

• $300,000 plus equal dollar match from the State of Idaho. Three years (1996-99) for additional equipment and instrumentation in the core molecular laboratories.

• A UI collaborative five-year project (2000-2005) funded at $9.2 million to establish a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) in the Molecular and Cellular Basis of Host-Pathogen Interactions. http://www.ag.uidaho.edu/cobre/

• A $7.9 million Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN) strengthening award involving UI, ISU and BSU. http://www.sci.uidaho.edu/brin/

• A $2.0 million Supplement to Idaho's BRIN award in 2002

• A UI collaborative five-year project funded at $10.2 million COBRE to establish a Center for Research on Processes in Evolution (CRePE).

• Supplements of $499,841 and $491,081 to UI's two COBRE awards in 2003

• A $16.1 million NIH INBRE grant in 2004 funds an expanded biomedical research network at nearly all institutions of higher education in Idaho http://www.sci.uidaho.edu/inbre/

• A five year renewal (2005-2010) funded at $10.1 million to continue the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) in the Molecular and Cellular Basis of Host-Pathogen Interactions at UI. http://www.ag.uidaho.edu/cobre/

• A five-year (2008-2013) continuation funded at $9.46 million for the UI Center for Research on Processes in Evolution.

• A second $16.5 million NIH INBRE grant awarded in 2009 will continue to fund an expanded biomedical research network at nearly all institutions of higher education in Idaho.