If you are planning a grant submission within the next 3 months to any organization, please email Elizabeth Crolley as soon as possible so that we can begin the proposal process.

You can also email CPH Research (cphresearch@uky.edu) with any questions and someone will reply to your email within 24 hours.

Click HERE to visit the Research SharePoint site where we have a document with a timeline and what is required during the grant proposal process.

Wednesday April 20, 2022 | 12:00-1:00PM

Presenter: Alicia Gregory, Director, Research Communications

This is part of the VPR Lunch & Learn series, registration is not required.

Graphs and other illustrations can boost the effectiveness of many scientific manuscripts. Poorly designed figures, however, risk obscuring your message and even misleading your reader. Steve Claas, from the CPH Office of Scientific Writing, will present some common gaffs made when creating scientific illustrations and discuss ways to avoid making them.

April 12^th Summit Industry Day includes talks from Dell, GigaIO, NVIDIA, HPE, Spectra Logic, FujiFilms, and AWS - as well as a workshop from NERSC related to the Julia Language (data science) AND our featured speaker will be Dr. Henry Neeman (University of Oklahoma) speaking on the OURRStore archival system available for our use!

April 13^th Summit Industry Day Keynote from Dr. Robert Grossman (U. Chicago) on the Data Gap in Machine Learning and AI, faculty lightning talks, a Panel on Data Science Research and Education, and a featured talk by Dr. Brent Seales Heritage Sciences – uncovering hidden secrets through digital restoration and “virtual unwrapping”. 

This Kentucky-wide initiative will address the health impacts of climate-related disasters. Visit the event website for more details and to register and submit an abstract for the poster session. Event page:

Poster abstracts are due April 13, 2022. Although posters focused on climate-related disasters and health are preferred, all posters related to environmental impacts on human health are welcome and encouraged! All accepted posters will be made available on the program website. 

April 20, 2022  3:30- 4:30pm

The Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) offers NSF’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Untenured faculty working in any NSF research area are eligible to apply. The UK Proposal Development Office invites faculty members who are interested in submitting an NSF CAREER proposal to a panel discussion with three UK faculty members who are recent CAREER awardees: 

Martha (Meg) Grady, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering 

CAREER project: Mechanical Mechanisms of Biofilm Survival on Implant Surfaces 

Engineering Directorate, Division of Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) 

Wei Ren, Associate Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences 

CAREER project: Quantifying Multi-Scale Climate-Smart-Agriculture Management for Triple Wins in Food production, Climate Mitigation, and Environmental Sustainability 

Engineering Directorate, Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET) 

Jeremy Van Cleve, Associate Professor of Biology. 

CAREER project: Genetic architecture and the construction of complex social traits 

Biology Directorate, Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) 

Those who register will be sent a recorded synopsis of CAREER proposal development considerations and resources at UK to watch ahead of time. The full hour with the UK faculty panel will be dedicated to discussion and to answering your questions. 

Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)

Description: The purpose of the 2022 RTHS call for proposals (CFP) is to support policy-relevant, community-engaged research that helps improve the affordability of care for communities most impacted by structural racism, inequities, and discrimination. We seek proposals for research and policy analysis projects that examine the design, implementation, and/or impact of local, state, and/or national policies related to the affordability of high-quality, equitable care, with the goal of generating timely and useful information for use by policymakers and other decision-makers.

To be considered for funding, the proposed project must be led or co-led by people directly impacted by the policy being studied, such as a community-based organization or advocacy group comprised of people from the community of focus. Funding will range from $50,000 to $350,000 per project to accommodate projects of nine to 36 months.

An informational webinar for applicants will be held on May 3, 2022 (2–3 p.m. ET) to provide an overview of the CFP and offer an opportunity for participants to ask questions about the program and the grantmaking process. Registration is required and is available on the AcademyHealth website.

Closing Date: June 24, 2022

Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Description: RWJF and the USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) are announcing a call for proposals (CFP) for researchers who will use one or more restricted-use data assets in the USDA’s Consumer Food Data System (CFDS). We seek to develop a cohort of CFDS researchers from a diversity of academic disciplines and institutions who will produce policy-relevant research on food policy, food retail markets, consumer behaviors related to food purchases and diet, and USDA nutrition assistance programs. We encourage applications from researchers who have not previously received external funding.

Awards for selected proposals are intended to encourage researchers from a range of backgrounds to: (a) develop new research projects that feature restricted-use CFDS assets; or (b) incorporate restricted-use CFDS data assets into ongoing (pre-existing) research projects.

RWJF anticipates making approximately 12 to 15 awards of up to $100,000 each and will provide additional funds that are needed to access data through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers. Grant periods will extend from the date of award (anticipated to be in November 2022 for many grantees) to February 2025.  

Closing Date: May 16, 2022

Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)

Description: This funding opportunity supports implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive public health approach to suicide prevention in the U.S. This approach a) convenes and connects multisectoral partners; b) uses data to identify vulnerable populations; c) assesses gaps in existing programs in the jurisdiction (d) implements complementary strategies with the best available evidence from Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices; and e) communicates trends, progress, successes, and lessons learned to partners. Key outcomes include a 10% reduction in suicide morbidity and mortality in the DAP(s), in the chosen jurisdiction.

Period of performance is 5 years, award amount $600,000-$1M per year.

Announcement Number: CDC-RFA-CE22-2204

Closing Date: Letter of Intent (optional): May 2, 2022 Application: June 6, 2022