Focused on Lifelong Well-being
Translating discoveries and technologies, through community partnerships, into trusted and scalable solutions that promote lifelong well-being for rural Arkansas and beyond
Our Focus
Our focus areas reflect the opportunities and challenges that inspire our work. By connecting expertise across disciplines and sectors, they help guide research, foster collaboration, and create new pathways for discovery. Explore the areas shaping our research priorities and partnerships.
Discover What Drives Our WorkChronic Disease and Metabolic Health
Food Systems and Nutrition
Healthcare Technologies
Capabilities & Spaces
University, government, and industry researchers can bring their ideas closer to real-world impact with access to I³R facilities, shared equipment, technical expertise, and interdisciplinary collaborators on a fee-for-service basis.
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Research Groups & Initiatives
Innovation happens when disciplines, perspectives, and partners come together. Our research groups unite experts from diverse fields to advance discovery, while our research initiatives showcase collaborative efforts across the institute and with partners in academia, industry, government, healthcare, and communities.
Engage With Us
The Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research (I³R) at the University of Arkansas connects researchers, students, organizations, and communities with opportunities to collaborate. Join our team, access research facilities and expertise, build a collaboration, host an event, fund research, or participate in a study.
Press
University of Arkansas awards 15 research teams
August 26, 2026
Seed funding of $1 million each for 15 research teams will be awarded through a new I3R (Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research) Watershed Grants Program, the University of Arkansas announced this week.
Walter Reed Clinical Trial Participant Restores Sense of Touch from Neural-Enabled Prosthetic Hand
December 3, 2025
A Soldier at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is taking part in a clinical trial to test a “neural-enabled” prosthetic arm, a next-generation device designed to restore the sensation of touch through advanced nerve stimulation technology.
Building Design + Construction Network - Mass timber featured in University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, research facility
August 25, 2025
The design for the 144,000-sf Institute for Integrative & Innovative Research building draws inspiration from Arkansas’ forested landscape.