The Neuroscience Research Priority Area (NRPA) provides broad-based support for neuroscience research across the University of Kentucky. As part of this initiative, the NRPA Faculty Recruitment and Retention Program is a mechanism for support of new faculty who will be or retain tenure-track faculty who are engaged in multidisciplinary or transdisciplinary neuroscience-related research.
The purpose of this program is to provide start-up funds to all new tenured, tenure-track, and continuing-status faculty to help them establish their research program at the university. The program may also provide funds to existing faculty to assist them in re-activating research programs or in situations where support is needed to retain a faculty member at risk of leaving the university.
New faculty often require equipment and other support to begin or continue their scholarly work. Recruitment grants are to be used to contribute to the establishment of research programs that can be sustained over time. Departments recruiting new faculty are expected to use these resources to support new faculty to facilitate the acquisition of federal grant funding or other external funds.
The faculty member who receives this grant must submit an annual report reflecting their progress and accomplishments to the NRPA at NeuroscienceRPA@uky.edu.