Rhode Island institutions to receive $18.1M in federal medical research funding

By: Alexander Castro

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: April 16, 2026

Words: 715

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Rhode Island’s hospitals, universities, state agencies and community health providers are set to receive a sizable gift from the feds: more than $18 million in health and medical research funding, Rhode Island’s Congressional delegates announced Thursday.

The windfall is coming from the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support research work in areas like aging, addiction, mental health, diabetes, lung disease, maternal and child health, infectious disease, environmental exposure reduction, and …

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