{"id":136198,"date":"2026-10-13T11:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=136198"},"modified":"2026-10-13T11:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T16:06:26","slug":"fall-2026-research-grant-award-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/10\/13\/fall-2026-research-grant-award-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2026 Research Grant Award winners announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UNMC\u2019s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology has awarded Research Grant Awards to three fellows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RGA program was created in 2024 to provide up to $10,000 funding for high-quality research projects leading to publications by departmental clinical trainees for whom other funding sources are not available. 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