Interested in developing a new cross-college collaboration and networking with faculty with similar research interests?

Email the CPH Office of Research at cphresearch@uky.edu by

December 15, 2022, to be nominated to participate in the 2023 Igniting Research Collaborations (IRC) Networking event.

The IRC Networking event will be held on Thursday, February 16, 2023, from 2-6pm and pilot funding proposals are due on March 31, 2023.

RCR In-Person training opportunity with Rich Charnigo on

Tuesday, December 20, at 1 p.m. via Zoom.

On the off-chance that Rich is called for jury duty on December 20th, those that signed up will be invited to attend one of two makeup dates in January.

RCR Training Sign-Up Link: https://uky.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6WOg0UBVcIzxOu2

June 12-21, 2023 at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

& Virtually June 8, 9, 2023, October 27, 2023

Disease, Pandemics, and Public Health in the United States is a combined virtual and in-person NEH Summer Institute for thirty college and university educators focused on the history of disease and public health in the United States. The program is led by Marian Moser Jones, a historian and public health scholar at Ohio State, along with key faculty including Dr. Miranda Worthen of San Jose State University.

Online applications are due March 3, 2023. If you are a successful applicant, you will be notified on April 3, 2023, and will have until April 14, 2023, to accept or decline the offer.

In the Disease, Pandemics, And Public Health in the United States NEH Summer Institute,

• We will explore historical pandemics and disease outbreaks to learn how political, economic, cultural, and ideological factors have shaped efforts to develop organizations and institutions to protect the public’s health and prevent disease over the past 250 years;
• We will experiment with new methods and materials for teaching and learning about disease and health in historical context, from games & graphic novels to walking tours & cartoons;
• We will teach one another how to engage students, including FirstGen learners and members of underrepresented groups, in the process of learning and building community in relation to critical, embodied histories of health and disease; and
• We will build a community of educators to develop our own unique syllabi and courses, and support each other in teaching and learning together.

Letters of Intent due January 18, 2023 by 5 p.m. CST

Invited applications due March 8, 2023 by 5 p.m. CST

Award budget: $25,000 direct cost per participating institution

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences’ (NCATS) Clinical & Translational Science Award (CTSA) program seeks to develop and implement innovative solutions that will improve the efficiency, quality, and impact of the process for turning observations in the laboratory, clinic, and community into interventions that improve the health of individuals and communities. The CTSA program supports a national network of medical research institutions (called “hubs") that work together to speed the translation of research discovery into improved patient care.

Six CTSA hubs have joined together to form the Consortium of Rural States (CORES): The University of Utah Health, the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, University of Kentucky, the Translational Research Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and University of Iowa.

The purpose of this RFA is to promote multi-institutional collaboration across the CTSA consortium by funding innovative translational science research projects that involve two or more of these six CTSA institutions. This pilot program is soliciting applications from faculty members at all career levels for translational science pilot projects that will exemplify the CTSA mission of “understanding a scientific or operational principle underlying a step of the translational process with the goal of developing generalizable principles to accelerate translational research.”

Purpose: The Mary Kay Ash Foundation, a non-profit public foundation, is currently accepting applications from accredited cancer research institutes or medical schools for innovative grants for translational research for cancers affecting women including but not limited to ovarian, uterine, breast, endometrial, or cervical cancer. Translational research is broadly defined as research that will provide a scientific link between laboratory research and the clinic. Ultimately, such research would lead to improvement in diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, or treatment of the cancer.

Eligibility: Full-time assistant professor or higher at the time of application submission, committing a minimum 5% effort to the project. U.S. citizenship is not a requirement.

Funding Amount/ Project Period: $100,000 total costs for 2 years

Institutional Limit: 1

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process, please submit the following, assembled into a single PDF file, to the Office of the Vice President for Research via this portal with a copy to your Associate Dean for Research by December 20, 2022:

• Names and departments of the PI and senior project personnel
• Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number
• Brief project description (2 pages maximum)
• Brief biographical sketch

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. For questions, email Nathan Vanderford at nathan.vanderford@uky.edu, or call 323-2622.

Agency Deadline: February 1, 2023

Description: Compared to urban populations, the health of those living in rural communities in the United States has significantly worsened over the past several decades. To help bring forward possible solutions for the disparity in health of rural populations, the American Heart Association (AHA) recently released a Presidential Advisory Call to Action¹ to prioritize rural populations in programming, research, and policy. As a next step in addressing this critical issue, the AHA is releasing this Request For Applications (RFA) that propose novel solutions to meaningfully impact rural health disparities.

The HERN on Rural Health will be a single network that will include multiple projects. An overall project plan will be developed by self-identified sites and submitted to the AHA as a coordinated submission. Proposed projects are expected to have a common fundamental theme that will assess intervention(s) and/or approaches that address rural health disparities. 

All aspects of the network application (each project and the Coordinating Center) will be reviewed as a collective program. Each network application will include five projects.

At least 25% of research team key personnel must be from a group or groups under-represented in science and medicine (Black/African American; Hispanic/Latino; Native American or Alaska Native; Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander; LGBTQ+; women, military veterans, and/or individuals with disabilities). Projects with principal investigators who are under-represented in science and medicine are strongly encouraged.

Each project MUST name at least two full-time (≥75% FTE) pre- or postdoctoral trainees during the award term.

• At least 50% of the trainees named to each project must be from a racial or ethnic group that is under-represented in science (Black/African American; Hispanic/Latino; American Indian or Alaska Native; and/or Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander), an LGBTQ+ person, or a woman).
• There is no salary cap for trainees; however, the minimum salary of $65,000/year for post-doctoral trainees and $32,036/year for pre-doctoral trainees (including fringe) must be met. The institution may supplement funding, if desired.
• Additionally, at least one early-career faculty member (assistant professor or equivalent) must be included in a substantive manner during the award period.

Amount: $20,000,000 over 4 years

Dates: Pre-proposal - January 26, 2023; Application deadline – April 4, 2023

Description: The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to continue development and expansion of the NIDDK Information Network (dkNET) under the direction of the dkNET Coordinating Unit (dkNET-CU). dkNET supports the NIDDK community’s needs in data science by providing an information portal that connects users to data, analytical tools, and other biomedical research resources. Additionally, dkNET supports researchers by providing a hub for data-driven hypothesis generation; a suite of tools that assist users in FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) practice, and in improving rigor and reproducibility in research; and a variety of programs to enhance community engagement and workforce development. The dkNET-CU will be responsible for providing the scientific direction, vision, and administrative management to advance dkNET goals.

Announcement Number:RFA-DK-22-017

Closing Date: March 31, 2023