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