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Grants Administration Survey Next Steps

Dear Colleagues,I would like to express my thanks to you, the UK research community, for your candidness, courage and thoughtfulness in your responses to our survey on Grants Administration Shared Services. Your response was overwhelming — almost 700 researchers and staff took the time to share feedback with us. 

Research Leadership Academy: Emerging Themes 2024 cohort and Research Leadership deadline

The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce the 2024 Emerging Themes for Research Program cohort and the open application window for the Research Leadership Development Program.

Research Leadership Academy Participants Announced

The Office of the Vice President for Research presents the first participants in the University of Kentucky Research Leadership Academy (RLA), a multi-component program created to accelerate the development of aspirational research leaders.

Cancer in Kentucky: Why Research Matters

This blog is written by B. Mark Evers, M.D., director of the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, in recognition of National Cancer Research Month.

Female Patent Holders Spotlight Commercialization at UK

UK women are leaders in commercialization and patents. Three of them share their perspective, as UK’s top female patent holders, as part of UK Research’s “Women Making History” series.

Research Celebrates Women Making History

From senior administration to the high school student arriving on campus for the first time, women are helping to define and chart the course of UK’s future. This month, we take time to showcase the legacies of women and their impactful research and scholarship.

Research Leadership Academy Accelerates Leaders and Programs

The University of Kentucky Research Leadership Academy (RLA), supported by the Office of the Vice President for Research, is a new multi-component program designed to accelerate the development of aspirational research leaders.

Recognizing the Faculty and Staff Who Fuel UK Research

To strengthen research collaboration and multidisciplinary networks, we have added leadership positions for several of our colleagues across campus. 

Record-breaking Research Awards Power UK Innovation in 2021

For the first time in University of Kentucky history, investigators received $468 million in extramural grants and contracts to support their research and creative work last fiscal year. This is a 9% increase from FY20.

Ian McClure to Lead Expanded Research Innovation and Entrepreneurship Effort

UK Research is pleased to announce that Ian D. McClure, J.D., LL.M. has accepted the position of Associate Vice President for Research (AVPR), Innovation and Economic Impact.

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