All requests for internal support require the approval of and electronic submission through the college administration and department chair or center & institute director. The following are the current contacts for submissions. They also have information about college-level research support.
Associate Deans for Research and Center & Institute Directors
Colleges
| Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment | James Matthews |
| College of Arts and Sciences | Mark Meier |
| College of Communication and Information | Donald Helme |
| College of Dentistry | Luciana Shaddox |
| College of Design | Lindsey Fay |
| College of Education | Melinda Ickes |
| Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering | John Balk |
| College of Fine Arts | Rae Goodwin |
| Gatton College of Business and Economics | John Peloza |
| Graduate School | Rajeev Darolia |
| College of Health Sciences | Brian Noehren |
| J. David Rosenberg College of Law | Michael Healy |
| Lewis Honors College | Pearl James |
| Libraries | Deirdre Scaggs |
| College of Medicine | Rebecca Dutch |
| College of Nursing | Gia Mudd-Martin |
| College of Pharmacy | Jon Thorson |
| College of Public Health | Svetla Slavova |
| College of Social Work | Justin Miller |
Research Centers & Institutes
| Center for Applied Energy Research | Rodney Andrews |
| Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) | Philip Kern |
| Center for Computational Sciences | Jim Griffioen |
| Center for the Environment Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES) |
Erin Haynes |
| Center for Structural Biology | Trevor Creamer |
| Center of Membrane Sciences | Dibakar Bhattacharyya |
| Center for Health Services Research (CHSR) | Tyrone Borders |
| Institute for Biomedical Informatics (IBI) | Jeff Talbert |
| Human Development Institute | Kathy Sheppard-Jones |
| Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) | William Andrews |
| Kentucky Water Research Institute (KWRI) | Jason Unrine |
| Markey Cancer Center | Mark Evers |
| Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability & the Environment (ISE) | Allan Butterfield |