KANSAS: KU Medical Center awarded $31 million NIH IDeA grant to facilitate pediatric clinical trials across network of 18 rural and underserved sites

The University of Kansas Medical Center has been awarded a five-year, $31 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) IDeA program to coordinate clinical trials for infants and children in rural and underserved areas. The grant, awarded earlier this month, is the largest five-year award in the history of KU Medical Center and one of the largest such awards ever received at the University of Kansas.