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Identify Collaborators

Develop & Submit Proposals

Manage Awards

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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
       
  • Office of Research Integrity
    • Certificates of Confidentiality
      Submitting Your Study to the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
       
  • University of Kentucky Purchasing
    • Purchase Agreements and Vendor Relationships
       
  • Download the full guide
    • Download the guide (pdf, 12 pg) here.

Protect & Commercialize Inventions

Foster Faculty Research Success

  • 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.

  • For Faculty Working Across Disciplines: Igniting Research Collaborations (IRC)

    Igniting Research Collaborations (IRC) seeks to increase interdisciplinary scientific engagement and leverage the breadth of expertise across campus to tackle important problems in the Commonwealth. An IRC pilot must be a NEW collaboration of faculty from at least 2 different colleges. The maximum budget amount is $50,000.

  • Research Leadership Academy

    RLA is an immersive program focused on research leadership career development, complex programmatic grant proposals, and emerging themes in research and creative work.

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Communicating Your Research

Lunch & Learn Series

Wednesdays @ 12 PM

The Lunch & Learn Series will resume in Fall 2024. The full schedule for the semester is now live.

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University Research Professors Panel Discussion Series

Tuesdays @ 12 PM

A series of panel discussions showcasing the 2024-25 University Research Professors, select Tuesdays throughout the academic year.

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Orientation to Research

Video, Zoom and In Person

This comprehensive orientation is targeted for new faculty and those new to the UK research enterprise but open to all. It provides valuable information on support offices under the Office of the Vice President for Research, policies and procedures, and resources to help you expand your research. Click below to request access to the SharePoint site to watch videos, participate in collaboration platforms, and view a calendar of in-person and virtual events.

Orientation to Research

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Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0032
Phone: 859-257-5294
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