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UK CAER Receives More Rare Earth Element Research Funding

Oct 2, 2017, 8:54 AM

The $1.5 million Department of Energy grant will fund the Center for Applied Energy Research's project to collect samples from four regions across Appalachia to determine the concentration of rare earth elements in those coalfields.

UK Professor Receives Grant to Improve Promotion of Prescription Drugs Disposal

Sep 22, 2017, 11:07 AM

The project will improve messaging of non-medical prescription drug disposal programs in Appalachian counties.

Kentucky NSF EPSCoR Supports Summer Student Training at ERTL

Sep 21, 2017, 8:46 AM

With funding from Kentucky NSF EPSCoR, ERTL’s mission is to help students through personalized, hands-on training and access to state-of-the-art laboratory equipment.

UK's Igniting Research Collaborations Program Yields Return On Investment for Team Science

Sep 14, 2017, 9:20 AM

UK's Igniting Research Collaborations (IRC) grant program has awarded nearly $300,000 in pilot grants to support interdisciplinary research.

Federal, Foundation Grants Support Summer Undergraduate Research at UK

Sep 14, 2017, 8:42 AM

This summer, 17 undergraduate students came to UK to participate in and learn about biomedical-related research through the SURES and SURF programs.

UK CAER Receives International Grant for CO2 Capture Research

Sep 6, 2017, 8:41 AM

The UK Center for Applied Energy Research will use the $300,000 grant from the Shanxi Science and Technology Department to scale-up its hybrid technology for post-combustion CO2 capture in a coal-fired power plant.

Fulbright Grant Enables Takenaka to Write About Japanese 'Mothers Against War'

Sep 1, 2017, 8:37 AM

UK Associate Professor of History Akiko Takenaka has been award a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant to research and write her next book about the post-World War II activism for peace initiated by the women of Japan.

UK College of Pharmacy Receives $5 Million for Malaria Research Collaboration

Aug 29, 2017, 9:09 AM

~$5 million in additional funding from the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT) has been awarded to the lab of Dean Kip Guy at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, in partnership with Eisai Pharmaceuticals and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), for ongoing malaria research.

UK Researchers Take Community Approach in Battling Opioid Epidemic in Eastern Kentucky

Aug 28, 2017, 8:25 AM

With a $1.16 million grant from five federal agencies, UK researcher Dr. April Young will work with public health organizations and universities across the country to combat the opioid epidemic in 12 Eastern Kentucky counties.

5 UK Undergrads Selected for NSF Summer Research Programs

Aug 25, 2017, 9:33 AM

Five of the university's undergraduate students pursued research in their fields of study this summer with funding from the National Science Foundation-Research Experiences for Undergraduates program.

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