Unable to attend the presentation? Click the video above to watch or visit the Research SharePoint site to access the YouTube research channel under resources and recorded research trainings.

If you would like to submit a manuscript or grant for the Office of Scientific Writing (OSW) to review, begin by completing the online intake form (https://is.gd/OSWIntakeCPH). There you can provide information about yourself, your project, and the services that you are requesting. You can also use this form to request a meeting with OSW staff and to upload your draft documents.

Substance Use Research Events (SURE) call for abstracts (deadline February 15, 2023) and registration (deadline April 1, 2023)

Event will be held at the University of Kentucky (UK) Gatton Student Center from 8 AM to 5 PM on April 24, 2023.

Link to poster abstract submission: https://uky.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0NA3dqdoJgW9bPo

There is no cost to register but please register in advance to ensure we have appropriate counts for catering.

A limited number of travel awards will be available to trainees and early career researchers from outside UK who present on cannabis research.

CMS Data Now Available!

Through a generous grant from Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) OS-Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund (OS-PCORTF), the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) is pleased to announce the inclusion of de-identified linked CMS Medicare data to the existing 19 billion rows of mortality, viral variant, and clinical data in the Enclave. The addition of CMS Medicare data is an exponential leap in the scientific potential of N3C. The collaboration not only strengthens the overall capacity of the Enclave, but also resolves the issue of missing visits for patients that get their care from multiple providers. 

The initial CMS data contains over 240K COVID-19 patients and will be updated on a monthly basis. The number of CMS patients represented is dependent on sites participating in the NCATS PPRL linkage initiative, and as additional sites implement the tokenization process, the number of patients will increase.  

Investigators registered with N3C and whose institutions have signed the NCATS Data Use Agreement will be eligible to submit a Data Use Request project proposal in the Enclave to access the CMS data. 

CMS Training!

N3C In Depth CMS Training - Friday, November 18

Take a deeper dive into the CMS data during a live N3C CMS Webinar training that will be held on Friday, November 18 at 10am PT / 1pm ET - register here.

N3C Office Hours - Thursdays

Investigators can also attend office hours with a CMS data subject matter expert on Thursdays at 10am PT/ 1pm ET; registration information can be found at https://covid.cd2h.org/support. Information on accessing these and other PPRL datasets can be found in the N3C PPRL training module (enclave access required).

For questions, please contact: James Aaron, Biomedical Informatics

james.aaron@uky.edu

All research-eligible UK personnel and graduate students are required to adhere to the RCR in-person training mandate in addition to the online RCR course. 

Required personnel and students must complete the in-person training requirement by May 31, 2023.

Dr. Rich Charnigo will provide the new RCR training in person on Friday, December 2, 2022, at noon in person (location TBD) and via Zoom at 4PM.

Link to Register In Person at 12PM

https://uky.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1AeXejhg9OD25fw

Link to Register via Zoom at 4PM

https://uky.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0JvqB2lrFBv87Gu

Alternative options for in person trainings are on the Office of Research Integrity Website https://www.research.uky.edu/responsible-conduct-research/news-events

The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) will be closed Monday, December 26 and will reopen on Tuesday January 3, 2023.

If you have received an Institutional Review Board (IRB) continuation review reminder, please check your approval end date and submit materials to ORI as soon as possible to prevent lapse of approval.

Materials for Full Institutional Review Board (IRB) review must be submitted via the E-IRB online submission system by 11:59 pm on the specified submission deadline date.

The College of Public Health will fund a limited number of research fellowships for students interested in working on a research project during the Spring 2023 semester. These fellowships will provide students with up to $2,400 to work on a research project.

If you are working with an undergraduate research student, please consider having the student apply for a Spring 2023 Research Fellowship.

The flyer linked below has more information about the program.

Applications for the fellowship should be submitted using this Qualtrics Survey link. https://uky.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eR2vojWfR0E2S90

The deadline to submit an application is December 7, 2022, @ 11:59PM.

Questions? Please email Dr. Sarah Vos at sarah.vos@uky.edu

Posters-at-the-Capitol (P@C) is a one-day, annual event held to educate Kentucky State Legislators of the importance of its undergraduate research and scholarly work. Student discoveries impact many issues that affect our economy both stateside and globally.   

Posters-at-the-Capitol requires abstracts to be no more than 300 words. 

ABSTRACT DEADLINE: December 11, 2022

POSTERS-AT-THE-CAPITOL REGISTRATION

• Step 1 - Register on P@C website
• Step 2 - To submit an abstract, go HERE and click on "Submit to Posters-at-the-Capitol" in the menu on the left under Author Corner. 
• Step 3 - Faculty Endorsement Checklist completed by faculty mentor

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) is pleased to announce the annual Undergraduate Research + Creative Experience Expo, being held on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023 from 11 am – 1 pm in the Gatton Student Center Social Staircase.

The event introduces undergraduates to the diversity of research conducted at UK, allows students to network with research faculty and staff, and learn about mentored academic year and summer research opportunities.

The spring Expo is a great opportunity to learn about funded Summer Research Fellowship programs.

Purpose: The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is accepting applications for the NCI Pathway to Independence Award for Outstanding Early Stage Postdoctoral Researchers (K99/R00) program. The purpose of this program is to increase and maintain a strong cohort of new and talented, NCI-supported, independent investigators. This program is designed for postdoctoral fellows with research and/or clinical doctoral degrees who do not require an extended period of mentored research training beyond their doctoral degrees. The objective of this award is to facilitate a timely transition of these fellows from their mentored, postdoctoral research positions to independent tenure-track (or equivalent) faculty positions. The program will provide independent NCI research support during this transition to help awardees to launch competitive, independent research careers. Researchers in the scientific areas of data science and cancer control science are especially encouraged to apply.

Eligibility: Individuals currently in mentored, postdoctoral positions who require no more than 2 additional years of mentored research training and career development (K99 phase) before transitioning to the independent stage (R00 phase) of the program are eligible. There is no citizenship requirement for the K99 program. Please see complete details on eligibility in the funding opportunity announcements.

Funding Amount/ Project Period: up to $100,000 per year toward salary (mentored phase), up to 5 years across both phases

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement (RFA-CA-22-035)

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement (RFA-CA-22-036)

Link to Funding Opportunity Announcement (RFA-CA-22-037)

Institutional Limit: 3 applications to any of the three companion RFAs or combination of companion RFAs (RFA-CA-22-035, RFA-CA-22-036, and/or RFA-CA-22-037), each in a different scientific area (data science, cancer control science, other sciences) 

Internal Competition: To participate in the university’s selection process, please upload 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 13, 2022:

• Name and department or affiliation of the PI and other key personnel or partners
• Title of program and funding opportunity announcement number
• Intent to submit under scientific area A, B, or C (see above)
• 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 28, 2023

UKinSPIRE (Seeding Partnerships for International Research Engagement) is a new internal funding opportunity for UK faculty, jointly funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) and the UK International Center (UKIC).

UKinSPIRE is intended to stimulate high-impact research in any discipline, college or unit linking UK faculty and international collaborators, and to establish collaborations with new international partner institutions or add greater depth to existing institutional partnerships.

UKinSPIRE will award $10,000-$20,000 per project, for one fiscal year, beginning in FY23-24 (July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024). Five or more projects will be supported annually.

Proposal submission will open in January 2023.

Questions should be sent to Tim Barnes, tim.barnes@uky.edu.