Research Resources
Announcements
Find Funding
- External Funding Search with Pivot
- Foundation & Corporate Philanthropy
- Internal Funding Portal
- Limited Submissions and Internal Support Grants
- OVPR-funded Internal Research Support Programs
- Alzheimer's Disease Center Pilot Projects
- CCTS Pilot Funding and Educational Funding Programs
- COBRE: Center of Research in Obesity & Cardiovascular Disease Pilot Projects
- College of Medicine Alliance Research Initiative
- Markey Cancer Center Pilot Funding
- Neuroscience Research Priority Area (NRPA) Pilot Grants
- Substance Use Priority Research Area (SUPRA) Pilot Grants
- UK Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES)
Identify Collaborators
- Campus Directory
- Scholars@UK
- Pivot
- Sponsored Project Search Portal
- ForagerOne
- Facilitating connections between research faculty and aspiring undergraduate, graduate, professional and postdoc researchers
Develop & Submit Proposals
- Obtaining a Letter of Support for Research Grants
- Proposal Development, Review & Content Resources
- Proposal Preparation & Submission
- FAQs on Proposal Submission System: Cayuse 424
- Frequently Needed Information (addresses, codes, F&A)
- Electronic Internal Approval Form (eIAF) and other Forms & Templates
Manage Awards
- Project Payroll Confirmation
- Award Administration
- Award Acceptance
- Contract Negotiation & Acceptance
- Account Establishment
- Project Management
- Subawards
- Faculty & Equipment Transfers
Comply with Regulations
- Research Ethics
- Animal Research
- Human Research
- Conflict of Interest
- Laboratory Data and Material Management and Processes
- Export Controls & Sanctions Compliance
- Guidance Regarding Foreign Influence in University Research
- Report Lobbying
- Clinical Research Support Office
- Artificial Intelligence in Research
Researcher Agreements and Contracting
- General Information
- Signature Authority
- Memorandum of Understanding
- Handling Confidential Information
- Types of Confidential Information
- Intellectual Property
- Research Data Retention & Ownership
- Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)
- Consulting Agreements & Other External Activities
- Research Consortium Agreements
- Non-Indemnification
- Research Business Associate Agreements
- Emergency Use Investigational New Drugs (INDs) and Investigational Device Exceptions (IDEs)
- Home Health Exemptions
- Interdepartmental Agreements
- Unfunded Collaboration Research Agreements
- Chat GPT/Use of Generative AI for Research Purposes
- Software Licensing for Research & In-Licensing of Software
- Agreeing to Terms & Conditions of Software, Websites, etc.
- Interacting and Engaging with Certain Foreign Entities/Persons/Countries
- Controlled Substances Research
- Technology Commercialization
- Material Transfer Agreements
- Research Related Non-Disclosure Agreements
- Research Data Use/Transfer Agreements
- Inter-Institutional Agreements
- Licensing Agreements (or options to license)
- Invention Disclosures
- Office of Sponsored Projects Administration (OSPA)
- Clinical Trial Agreements
- Human Subjects Research with External Funding
- Animal Research with External Funding
- Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Agreements
- Collaborative Grant Services
- Pre- and Post-Award Grants Administration Support
- Pre- and Post-Award Grants Administration Support
- Office of Research Integrity
- Certificates of Confidentiality
Submitting Your Study to the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Certificates of Confidentiality
- University of Kentucky Purchasing
- Purchase Agreements and Vendor Relationships
- Purchase Agreements and Vendor Relationships
- Download the full guide
- Download the guide (pdf, 12 pg) here.
Protect & Commercialize Inventions
- UK Innovate
- UK Innovators Portal
- Submit an invention
- Company start-up
- Researcher agreements and contracting
- Innovation Disclosure Process
- UK Innovators Portal
- Material Transfers, Non-Disclosure, Data Use Agreement and Confidential Disclosures
- Search Available Technologies
Foster Faculty Research Success
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For Junior Faculty: Research Scholars Program (RSP)
A one-year, multi-component investment in the research success of junior faculty and their mentors. RSP integrates strategies from national, evidence-based programs with existing campus programs. -
RLA is an immersive program focused on research leadership career development, complex programmatic grant proposals, and emerging themes in research and creative work.
See Research Analytics
- Research Analytics Portal
- Award Data, Expenditure Data, Stats & Rankings, and Economic Impact
- Data Portal FAQ
- Tableau Access
- Scholars@UK
Visit Research Portals
- Internal Funding Portal
- Limited Submissions and Internal Support Programs
- Proposal Submission: Cayuse 424
- Research Data Portal
- Award Data, Expenditure Data, Stats & Rankings, and Economic Impact
- Video Library
- Log in with linkblue to view videos of the Office of the Vice President Lunch and Learn series, Orientation to Research, University Research Professors Lecture Series, E-IRB training, CRSO, OSPA, Proposal Development, Scholars@UK, SciVal & Scopes, and archival OVPR workshops.
- Scholars@UK
- ForagerOne
Communicating Your Research
- Research Communications Service Request
- Request for press/publicity coverage, media services, event management, executive communications, website updates, and more
Research Video Library
Log in with linkblue to view videos of the Office of the Vice President Lunch and Learn series, Orientation to Research, University Research Professors Lecture Series, E-IRB training, CRSO, OSPA, Proposal Development, Scholars@UK, SciVal & Scopes, and archival OVPR workshops.
Search Grants and Contracts
Visit the Sponsored Project Search Portal for access to Spifi, Scholars@UK, or to search by keyword.
Share Your Events with Us!
The Office of the Vice President for Research has a weekly email that gives a snapshot of events coming in the next 2 weeks.
Submit research-related events, with cross-college, community-wide appeal, that are open to all audiences.