Last week the Vice President for Research's office rolled out Orientation to Research, a comprehensive orientation for new faculty and those new to the research enterprise at UK, that provides valuable information on research support offices, policies, procedures, and resources. This platform provides both online tools and resources as well as targeted in-person or virtual sessions to facilitate navigation and use of the research infrastructure in pursuit of external support for your ideas. Throughout the academic year, research support offices will host in-depth training, including pre-recorded sessions. 

Click the button below to request access to this platform, with a SharePoint site hub, to watch videos, post questions, and view a calendar of upcoming in-person and virtual events. 

October 19, 2022, 12-1PM via Zoom learn more about the UK Institutional Review Board (IRB), focused on a Faculty Advisor's needs. 

Staff from the Office of Research Integrity will cover:

• Roles and responsibilities of various players in the IRB process; 
• How mentors can most effectively guide their students through this process; and
• Resources available and how you and your students can navigate

We'll wrap it all up with a Q&A session, so bring your best quandaries on guiding your mentees!

This presentation will be offered in-person and via Zoom. 

If you would like to attend in person, please sign up here.

The presentation will be held in CPH Room 202, 111 Washington Ave. 

If you wish to attend on Zoom click the button below to download the Outlook invitation and Zoom link.

Librarians Cayla Robinson and Lauren Robinson will share resources and UK data management tools for the upcoming NIH Data Management Plan requirement in January 2023.

The deadline for registration is Friday, October 28, 2022. 

Please note that each workshop date is limited to 30 participants.

If you have questions or need further information, please contact Kelly Kennoy at (859) 323-4587 or via email: kelly.kennoy@uky.edu.  

The UK Center for Research on Violence Against Women (CRVAW) in partnership with CCTS is accepting applications for Pilot Projects. CCTS-CRVAW will co-fund this award.

The goal of the CCTS-CRVAW Pilot Program is to increase extramural funding at the University of Kentucky in areas of intimate partner violence, sexual violence, misconduct or harassment, other forms of interpersonal, family violence, or gun violence that disproportionally impact women, girls or sexual minority populations. We are particularly interested in funding translational research with a violence intervention or prevention focus. Because violence often co-occurs with substance use and other threats to mental health, we welcome intervention or prevention projects that focus on these violence-related outcomes.

The purpose of this funding mechanism is to support researchers with the resources to compete for externally funded grant awards by providing pilot or preliminary data to support grant applications or manuscripts. We encourage the inclusion of a specific notice of funding announcement or grant call.

The maximum award will be $50,000 which must be spent over 12 months. Extensions beyond the 12 months may be granted depending on the review of the progress to date.

This award is open to investigators in the UK faculty eligible to submit and receive externally funded grants. Early career applicants must identify a mentor or mentoring team to assist the investigator.

Questions: For questions regarding this funding opportunity, contact: Joel Thompson, PhD, CCTS Research Development Director & Pilot Funding Project Manager (Joel.Thompson@uky.edu