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ARRA Program: Awards
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) appropriated $1 billion for the construction and renovation of biomedical research facilities across the United States. A total of 148 ARRA awards were granted through ORIP to support the construction or renovation of 64 animal facilities, 56 research laboratories, 17 clinical research facilities or laboratories, 8 imaging facilities, and 7 data centers.
The nation’s biomedical research enterprise is the beneficiary of more than 3.36 million square feet of newly constructed or renovated biomedical research space funded by ARRA. The ARRA funds were allocated for the construction and renovation of research, animal, and core facilities, which comprise 54%, 30%, and 16% of the of the entire obligation, respectively. These facilities have helped enable research in a broad array of scientific areas, including HIV/AIDS, aging, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, and infectious diseases. Data self-reported by NIH grantees suggest that the ARRA-funded construction projects have created thousands of jobs in the biomedical construction industry that would not have been possible without the ARRA funding.
See below to read about the outcomes of the ARRA investment in several featured biomedical research facilities.

NIH ARRA Investment Funds State‑of‑the‑Art Core Facility to Support the Future of RNA Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Dr. Frank Slack, Director of the Harvard Medical School Initiative for RNA Medicine (HIRM), envisions a promising future for RNA-based therapeutics.

ARRA-Funded Rutgers Repository Pivots to COVID-19 Testing During Pandemic
In 2010, the Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository (RUCDR) was awarded nearly $10 million (C06RR030323) to renovate space for a core facility offering biological sample storage and repository services.

ARRA Program Helps Enable Revolutionary Discoveries in Gene Therapy
Located within the heart of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Research Institute, the Clinical Vector Core (CVC) fills a unique role within the biomedical research community.

NIH ARRA Program Funds Infrastructure for Modern Nonhuman Primate Research
Composed of 86 billion neurons and an array of intricate structures, the human brain is a complex organ that regulates every process within the body.

ARRA Funds Enhance Training Opportunities in Neurological Research
Many people today use touchscreen devices to manage or control various aspects of their lives, such as food deliveries, home lighting, and video entertainment.

Hartford Hospital Uses ARRA Funds to Perform Interdisciplinary Research in Neuropsychiatry
An estimated 200,000 people undergo bariatric surgery—commonly known as weight-loss surgery—in the United States annually, according to the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
See below for more information on all ARRA awards awarded through ORIP. Click on the map to see a list of projects funded in a chosen state, or select filters in the table to separate the awards by state and/or facility type.
Grant Number | Year | PI Name | Facility Type | Institution | State | Award ($) |
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C06RR30495 | 2010 | Bert B. Boyer | Clinical Research Facility | University of Alaska Fairbanks | AK | $7,425,000 |
C06RR29870 | 2010 | Samuel J. Strada | Animal Facility, Research Laboratory | University of South Alabama | AL | $14,506,327 |
G20RR25858 | 2009 | Samuel C. Cartner | Animal Facility | University of Alabama at Birmingham | AL | $499,105 |
C06RR29923 | 2010 | Peter D. Emanuel | Research Laboratory | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | AR | $10,458,675 |
C06RR30524 | 2010 | Leslie P. Tolbert | Animal Facility | University of Arizona | AZ | $14,996,000 |
C06RR30610 | 2010 | Eric M. Reiman | Imaging Facility | Banner Alzheimer's Institute | AZ | $6,530,203 |
C06RR30519 | 2010 | David I. Meyer | Research Laboratory | LA BioMed Research Institute/Harbor UCLA Medical Center | CA | $9,711,810 |
C06RR30434 | 2010 | Barbara Garcia | Clinical Research Facility | San Francisco Department of Public Health | CA | $9,508,907 |
C06RR30131 | 2010 | John C. Hamminger | Animal Facility | University of California Irvine | CA | $12,970,423 |
C06RR29931 | 2010 | Peter C. Whybrow | Clinical Research Facility | University of California Los Angeles | CA | $14,920,230 |
C06RR28684 | 2010 | Paul L. Koch | Animal Facility | University of California Santa Cruz | CA | $4,115,581 |
C06RR29813 | 2010 | Dallas M. Hyde | Animal Facility | University of California Davis | CA | $14,228,198 |
C06RR22059 | 2010 | William R. Brody | Data Center | Salk Institute for Biological Studies | CA | $4,429,620 |
G20RR25862 | 2009 | Jon D. Reuter | Animal Facility | Salk Institute for Biological Studies | CA | $500,000 |
G20RR25864 | 2009 | Phil J. Richter | Animal Facility | University of California San Diego | CA | $494,850 |
G20RR30860 | 2010 | Shlomo Melmed | Research Laboratory | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | CA | $9,552,872 |
C06RR30158 | 2010 | Phil J. Richter | Animal Facility | University of California San Diego | CA | $14,287,680 |
C06RR20539 | 2009 | David T. Wong | Research Laboratory | University of California Los Angeles | CA | $5,073,075 |
G20RR25854 | 2009 | Kenneth Lopez | Animal Facility | SRI International | CA | $500,000 |
G20RR25856 | 2009 | John D. Young | Animal Facility | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | CA | $50,000 |
G20RR25832 | 2009 | Victor S. Lukas | Animal Facility | University of California Davis | CA | $493,094 |
G20RR25835 | 2009 | Jori K. Leszczynski | Animal Facility | National Jewish Health | CO | $489,880 |
G20RR25863 | 2009 | Sue Vandewoude | Animal Facility | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | CO | $478,393 |
C06RR30428 | 2010 | Thomas R. Cech | Research Laboratory | University of Colorado at Boulder | CO | $15,000,000 |
C06RR30510 | 2010 | Clifford R. Lyons | Animal Facility | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | CO | $6,063,912 |
C06RR28654 | 2010 | Harold I. Schwartz | Imaging Facility | Hartford Hospital | CT | $3,271,573 |
G20RR30947 | 2010 | Carolyn W. Slayman | Animal Facility | Yale University | CT | $9,197,360 |
G20RR31130 | 2010 | Marc E. Lalande | Animal Facility | University of Connecticut School of Medicine/Dental Medicine | CT | $7,937,037 |
G20RR30966 | 2010 | Howard J. Federoff | Animal Facility | Georgetown University | DC | $4,671,189 |
G20RR25828 | 2009 | Beverly J. Gnadt | Animal Facility | Georgetown University | DC | $499,538 |
C06RR30112 | 2010 | Jeffrey S. Akman | Research Laboratory | George Washington University | DC | $15,000,000 |
C06RR20606 | 2010 | Charles G. Riordan | Animal Facility | University of Delaware | DE | $8,000,000 |
C06RR29852 | 2010 | Marco Pahor | Clinical Research Facility | University of Florida | FL | $14,682,885 |
C06RR29858 | 2010 | Thomas J. Leblanc | Research Laboratory, Imaging Facility | University of Miami Coral Gables | FL | $14,821,565 |
C06RR30135 | 2010 | Stuart Zola | Animal Facility | Emory University | GA | $14,868,223 |
G20RR31196 | 2010 | Valerie C. Montgomery-Rice | Research Laboratory | Morehouse School of Medicine | GA | $9,850,000 |
G20RR30884 | 2010 | Sharron S. Quisenberry | Animal Facility | Iowa State University | IA | $4,791,965 |
C06RR20533 | 2010 | Mark J. Rudin | Animal Facility | Boise State University | ID | $3,978,104 |
C06RR28629 | 2010 | Michael D. Hopkins | Research Laboratory | University of Chicago | IL | $3,376,082 |
G20RR30939 | 2010 | Richard H. Kennedy | Data Center | Loyola University Chicago | IL | $2,701,560 |
G20RR23951 | 2009 | Michael P. Sarras | Animal Facility | Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science | IL | $496,917 |
G20RR25834 | 2009 | Phillippe J. Baneux | Animal Facility | Northwestern University at Chicago | IL | $500,000 |
C06RR30597 | 2010 | Lamar Davis | Clinical Research Facility | Access Community Health Network | IL | $6,716,558 |
C06RR30655 | 2010 | David L. Crowe | Clinical Research Facility | University of Illinois at Chicago | IL | $9,915,615 |
C06RR30143 | 2010 | Richard J. Kuhn | Research Laboratory | Purdue University West Lafayette | IN | $14,902,414 |
G20RR31063 | 2010 | David S. Wilkes | Clinical Research Facility | Indiana University | IN | $8,386,919 |
G20RR31092 | 2010 | William J. Hendry | Research Laboratory | Wichita State University | KS | $2,190,994 |
G20RR31125 | 2010 | Steven F. Warren | Research Laboratory | University of Kansas Lawrence | KS | $4,657,861 |
G20RR31064 | 2010 | James W. Tracy | Animal Facility | University of Kentucky | KY | $6,428,471 |
C06RR30625 | 2010 | William M. Pierce | Animal Facility | University of Louisville | KY | $9,774,453 |
C06RR29949 | 2010 | John D. Clements | Research Laboratory | Tulane University of Louisiana | LA | $13,533,254 |
C06RR28742 | 2010 | Philip Stashenko | Animal Facility, Clinical Research Facility, Research Laboratory | Forsyth Institute | MA | $1,557,486 |
C06RR28581 | 2010 | John V. Frangioni | Imaging Facility | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | MA | $1,793,470 |
C06RR20603 | 2009 | James F. Kurose | Research Laboratory | University of Massachusetts Amherst | MA | $7,091,800 |
C06RR30115 | 2010 | James G. Fox | Animal Facility | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MA | $15,000,000 |
C06RR30481 | 2010 | Andrel E. Ruckenstein | Research Laboratory | Boston University | MA | $5,882,526 |
G20RR31051 | 2010 | Steven E. Seltzer | Imaging Facility | Brigham and Women's Hospital | MA | $6,089,770 |
G20RR31082 | 2010 | Paul V. McDonough | Data Center | Forsyth Institute | MA | $1,356,449 |
G20RR24832 | 2009 | Karen L. Krueger | Animal Facility | Schepens Eye Research Institute | MA | $499,207 |
C06RR30411 | 2010 | Berger-Sweeney | Animal Facility | Tufts University Medford | MA | $638,930 |
G20RR30890 | 2010 | Terence R. Flotte | Research Laboratory | University of Massachusetts Medical School-Worcester | MA | $5,237,834 |
G20RR31203 | 2010 | David Hellmann | Imaging Facility | Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center | MD | $7,000,028 |
G20RR24810 | 2009 | Robert J. Adams | Animal Facility | Johns Hopkins University | MD | $500,000 |
G20RR30969 | 2010 | Albert E. Reece | Research Laboratory | University of Maryland Baltimore | MD | $7,329,060 |
C06RR28609 | 2010 | Albert E. Reece | Research Laboratory | University of Maryland Baltimore | MD | $5,000,000 |
C06RR29946 | 2010 | Michael J. Klag | Clinical Research Laboratory | Johns Hopkins University | MD | $14,984,116 |
C06RR20540 | 2009 | John N, Forrest | Research Laboratory | Mount Desert Island Biological Lab | ME | $3,863,077 |
C06RR20704 | 2009 | Robert E. Braun | Data Center | Jackson Laboratory | ME | $2,101,800 |
C06RR30356 | 2010 | Mary H. Mundt | Clinical Research Facility | Michigan State University | MI | $7,479,525 |
G20RR25860 | 2009 | Robert C. Dysko | Animal Facility | University of Michigan at Ann Arbor | MI | $492,780 |
C06RR29919 | 2010 | James S. Jackson | Clinical Research Facility | University of Michigan at Ann Arbor | MI | $14,824,023 |
G20RR31077 | 2010 | Mark S. Paller | Research Laboratory | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | MN | $3,453,917 |
G20RR30835 | 2010 | Gregory J. Gores | Animal Facility | Mayo Clinic | MN | $1,911,769 |
C06RR30072 | 2010 | Larry J. Shapiro | Data Center | Washington University | MO | $14,273,023 |
C06RR20544 | 2010 | Robert D. Hall | Animal Facility | University of Missouri-Columbia | MO | $5,350,000 |
C06RR30081 | 2010 | Larry A. Walker | Research Laboratory | University of Mississippi | MS | $13,915,445 |
C06RR30426 | 2010 | Paula M. Lutz | Research Laboratory | Montana State University-Bozeman | MT | $14,896,564 |
G20RR23938 | 2009 | Mary Ann McCrackin | Animal Facility | University of Montana | MT | $496,613 |
G20RR21375 | 2009 | Richard E. Fish | Animal Facility | North Carolina State University Raleigh | NC | $161,470 |
G20RR25833 | 2009 | John N. Norton | Animal Facility | Duke University | NC | $500,000 |
C06RR29869 | 2010 | Nancy C. Andrews | Animal Facility | Duke University | NC | $14,916,552 |
C06RR22111 | 2009 | Peter Lange | Animal Facility | Duke University | NC | $4,213,882 |
C06RR20096 | 2010 | Prem S. Paul | Research Laboratory | University of Nebraska Lincoln | NE | $8,000,000 |
C06RR20563 | 2010 | Kenneth H. Cowan | Research Laboratory | University of Nebraska Medical Center | NE | $8,000,000 |
C06RR30432 | 2010 | Thomas A. Colacchio | Research Laboratory | Dartmouth College | NH | $9,302,291 |
C06RR29921 | 2010 | Robert L. Johnson | Animal Facility | Rutgers University Medical School | NJ | $14,883,686 |
G20RR25855 | 2009 | Bruce A. Scharf | Animal Facility | University of Medicine and Dentistry of N.J.-Medical School | NJ | $500,000 |
C06RR30323 | 2010 | Jay A. Tischfield | Research Laboratory | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | $9,492,078 |
G20RR30839 | 2010 | Jane E. Smith | Clinical Research Facility | University of New Mexico | NM | $4,845,461 |
G20RR31043 | 2010 | Paul B. Roth | Research Laboratory | University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center | NM | $9,586,673 |
G20RR24844 | 2009 | Harry N. Shair | Animal Facility | New York State Psychiatric Institute | NY | $500,000 |
G20RR23988 | 2009 | Mark M. Klinger | Animal Facility | Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research | NY | $225,750 |
G20RR25852 | 2009 | Jeffrey D. Wyatt | Animal Facility | University of Rochester | NY | $151,463 |
C06RR30309 | 2010 | Dennis S. Charney | Research Laboratory | Mount Sinai School of Medicine | NY | $9,989,340 |
C06RR30321 | 2010 | Edelgard Wulfert | Research Laboratory | State University of New York at Albany | NY | $5,370,429 |
G20RR25865 | 2009 | Michael J. Hawken | Animal Facility | New York University | NY | $500,000 |
G20RR30893 | 2010 | Michael Purdy | Data Center | Columbia University New York Morningside | NY | $9,963,289 |
G20RR30901 | 2010 | Dafna Bar-Sagi | Animal Facility | New York University School of Medicine | NY | $9,339,773 |
C06RR29841 | 2010 | Samuel L. Stanley | Animal Facility | State University New York Stony Brook | NY | $14,179,569 |
C06RR20559 | 2009 | Holly Moore | Animal Facility | New York State Psychiatric Institute | NY | $2,782,895 |
C06RR29910 | 2010 | Thomas J. Kelly | Research Laboratory | Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research | NY | $14,999,999 |
C06RR30491 | 2010 | Allen M. Spiegel | Research Laboratory | Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Yeshiva University | NY | $9,532,509 |
C06RR30503 | 2010 | Vincent P. Verdile | Research Laboratory | Albany Medical College | NY | $9,173,559 |
C06RR20132 | 2010 | Kelvin P. Lee | Research Laboratory | Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corp | NY | $4,675,896 |
G20RR24830 | 2009 | Thomas E. Zimmerman | Animal Facility | State University New York Stony Brook | NY | $475,670 |
C06RR20081 | 2010 | Michael R. Grever | Research Laboratory | Ohio State University | OH | $8,000,000 |
C06RR20088 | 2010 | Michael J. Oglesbee | Research Laboratory | Ohio State University | OH | $3,920,956 |
C06RR28655 | 2010 | Jaroslaw P. Maciejewski | Research Laboratory | Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine-Case Western Reserve University | OH | $2,039,261 |
C06RR28634 | 2010 | Shuk-Mel Ho | Research Laboratory | University of Cincinnati | OH | $4,819,500 |
G20RR30832 | 2010 | William S. Ball | Animal Facility | University of Cincinnati | OH | $8,439,998 |
C06RR30593 | 2010 | Stephen M. Prescott | Clinical Research Facility | Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation | OK | $7,030,924 |
C06RR22120 | 2010 | Daniel M. Dorsa | Animal Facility | Oregon Health and Science University | OR | $3,999,496 |
C06RR29957 | 2010 | Kimberly A. Espy | Animal Facility | University of Oregon | OR | $9,117,040 |
G20RR30854 | 2010 | Daniel M. Dorsa | Research Laboratory | Oregon Health and Science University | OR | $4,380,000 |
G20RR25844 | 2009 | Kim E. Saunders | Animal Facility | Oregon Health and Science University | OR | $476,304 |
G20RR24811 | 2009 | Richard B. Huneke | Animal Facility | Drexel University | PA | $500,000 |
G20RR30997 | 2010 | Katherine A. High | Research Laboratory | Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia | PA | $1,967,936 |
G20RR25783 | 2009 | Joseph T. Newsome | Animal Facility | University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh | PA | $290,204 |
C06RR20578 | 2010 | Harold L. Paz | Research Laboratory | Pennsylvania State Univ Hershey Medical Center | PA | $2,786,306 |
C06RR30192 | 2010 | Glen N. Gaulton | Research Laboratory | University of Pennsylvania | PA | $12,998,888 |
C06RR29930 | 2010 | Mary J. Kennett | Animal Facility | Pennsylvania State University-University Park | PA | $14,830,000 |
C06RR29843 | 2010 | Arthur S. Levine | Research Laboratory | University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh | PA | $13,986,243 |
C06RR30024 | 2010 | Larry R. Kaiser | Research Laboratory | Temple University | PA | $11,851,780 |
C06RR22050 | 2009 | Jonathan D. Chernoff | Animal Facility | Fox Chase Cancer Center | PA | $8,000,000 |
C06RR28626 | 2010 | Steven E. McKenzie | Research Laboratory | Thomas Jefferson University | PA | $6,651,849 |
C06RR22139 | 2010 | Melween I. Martinez | Clinical Research Facility, Animal Facility | University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences | PR | $4,000,000 |
G20RR30883 | 2010 | Donald H. Dehayes | Clinical Research Facility | University of Rhode Island | RI | $2,844,548 |
C06RR20609 | 2010 | Kathleen T. Brady | Research Laboratory | Medical University of South Carolina | SC | $6,616,774 |
C06RR30651 | 2010 | Gregory A. Ordway | Research Laboratory | East Tennessee State University | TN | $9,127,509 |
G20RR30872 | 2010 | Carlos Virgous | Animal Facility | Meharry Medical College | TN | $2,693,442 |
G20RR30956 | 2010 | Susan R. Wente | Research Laboratory | Vanderbilt University | TN | $8,675,794 |
G20RR24012 | 2009 | Awadh A. Binhazim | Animal Facility | Meharry Medical College | TN | $499,688 |
G20RR25842 | 2009 | Sander O. Hacker | Animal Facility | University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio | TX | $475,781 |
G20RR30871 | 2010 | Russel A. Poldrack | Imaging Facility | University of Texas Austin | TX | $3,841,038 |
C06RR29965 | 2010 | Huda Y. Zoghbi | Research Laboratory | Baylor College of Medicine | TX | $14,895,273 |
C06RR20547 | 2010 | Alan Artibise | Research Laboratory | University of Texas Brownsville & Southmost College | TX | $3,993,085 |
C06RR28658 | 2010 | Glen A. Laine | Research Laboratory | Texas A&M University | TX | $3,529,612 |
C06RR30414 | 2010 | Johs G. Fitz | Research Laboratory | University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | TX | $14,954,444 |
C06RR22056 | 2010 | Thomas Parks | Research Laboratory | University of Utah | UT | $8,000,000 |
G20RR25793 | 2009 | Aaron L. Olsen | Animal Facility | Utah State University | UT | $454,357 |
G20RR31199 | 2010 | Margaret A. Shupnik | Imaging Facility | University of Virginia Charlottesville | VA | $2,040,641 |
C06RR22061 | 2010 | William R. Harvey | Research Laboratory | Hampton University | VA | $8,000,000 |
C06RR20555 | 2009 | Francis L. Macrina | Research Laboratory | Virginia Commonwealth University | VA | $4,990,000 |
G20RR30856 | 2010 | Mark T. Groudine | Data Center | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | WA | $9,359,225 |
C06RR28781 | 2010 | Gilbert C. White | Clinical Research Facility | Bloodcenter of Wisconsin, Inc. | WI | $2,932,669 |
C06RR29816 | 2010 | Robert N. Golden | Clinical Research Facility | University of Wisconsin Madison | WI | $14,873,525 |
C06RR32709 | 2011 | Saverio V. Capuano | University of Wisconsin Madison | WI | $915,523 | |
C06RR30016 | 2010 | Glenn H. Dillon | Animal Facility | West Virginia University | WV | $14,590,939 |