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Call for proposals: Commonwealth Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Fellowship

The UK Office of Undergraduate Research is accepting proposals for the 2025 Commonwealth Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Fellowship. The fellowship provides a $5,000 stipend for the Summer 2025 term.

8 faculty and 8 graduate students named Lighthouse Beacon Foundation Scholars

In its inaugural year, the Lighthouse Beacon Foundation Endowment has made $160,000 in funds available for distribution, with a priority on research support.

‘UK at the Half’: Enhancing research skills with CURE Summer Fellowship

This “UK at the Half” features two students who were selected as CURE Fellows to develop new knowledge and skills through research within UK’s Research Priority Areas.

UK ASCEND to propel community-engaged health equity research

A new project at UK will expand new avenues to develop community-engaged health equity research expertise among early-stage investigators.

CURE Summer Fellowship provides undergrads opportunity to enhance research skills

The fellowship empowers undergraduates to become leaders for their respective communities by providing opportunities to develop knowledge and skills through research within UK’s Research Priority Areas.

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3rd Annual Rising Stars Symposium

This all-day symposium features nationally recognized early-career research scholars who have demonstrated scientific achievements in diabetes and obesity-related research. We are excited to have Mary Elizabeth Patti, MD as our keynote speaker. Dr. Patti is a physician-scientist recognized as an expert in diabetes and obesity research, serving as a Principal Investigator at Joslin Diabetes Center, Director of the Hypoglycemia Clinic, Co-Director of the Molecular Phenotyping Core, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Markey researcher to investigate key drivers of lung cancer metastasis

Markey Cancer Center researcher Guan-Yu Xiao has received a three-year $747,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute to study how lung cancer metastasizes.

UK showcases community-based, health-focused research during NIH delegation visit

UK Research welcomed Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., the NIH director, to the Healthy Kentucky Research Building — a space dedicated to enabling multidisciplinary teams to find solutions to reduce the health disparities greatly impacting Kentucky.