Award Winner: W. Fred Taylor Award for Outstanding Contributions to the NIH IDeA Program – Larry Cornett (Arkansas INBRE)

This annual award is given by the EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition and Foundation Boards and is intended to recognize an individual who has contributed significantly to enhancing the impact of the NIH IDeA Program either regionally or nationally. The award is intended to honor the commitment of Dr. W. Fred Taylor during his 20 years of service at NIH to expand opportunities for students, faculty and institutions in states and territories that have had historically low levels of NIH funding for biomedical research.

This year’s recipient is Dr. Larry Cornett, Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Director of the Arkansas INBRE Program. Larry received his PhD in physiology from the University of California, Davis. He is the past Chair of the EIF Board of Directors.