Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training applies to ALL full-time faculty, staff, graduate students, undergraduates, and postdoctoral fellows participating in research.

The deadline to complete RCR In-Person Training was May 31, 2023.

Visit the RCR Events page for training dates and complete your training!

If you work primarily off campus, please complete this form to be placed on a Zoom waitlist.

Request for Applications

LOI Due Date: June 26, 2023

Application Due Date: August 14, 2023

The UK Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) is now accepting applications for Pilot Projects. The purpose of this funding mechanism is to provide a new opportunity and resources to support innovative, collaborative research relevant to the health challenges and disparities faced by the nation and the citizens of Kentucky.

Health Disparity/Health Equity

The UK CCTS will fund one 12-month award for up to $25,000 in total direct costs. The purpose of this funding mechanism is to support meritorious translational science projects which focus on reducing health inequities. Applications that seek to improve health outcomes among populations who have systematically experienced discrimination and greater social obstacles to health based e.g. race/ethnicity, sex or gender identity, mental health, disability, etc. are strongly encouraged. The research should increase the understanding and/or address the dynamics contributing to health inequities, such as social determinants, behavioral change, lifestyle factors, environmental, economic, cultural and family influences. All applications must propose a study which will subsequently lead to translating an effective intervention to advance health equity.

• Eligibility is limited to full-time faculty (all title series including regular, research, clinical and special) at the University of Kentucky and affiliated institutions.
• Investigators in training including residents, post-doctoral fellows, and clinical fellows are NOT eligible to serve as PIs but may be co-investigators.
• Volunteer faculty and adjunct faculty are NOT eligible to serve as PIs but may be co- investigators.

Community Engagement

Pilot funding of up to $25,000 in total direct cost will be made available to support one meritorious project conducted in partnership with organization(s) that serve rural Kentucky communities. The focus of the study should address a health issue of concern to the community or communities. Award duration is 12 months. A letter of support from the Director or Lead of the community organization(s) indicating agreement to collaborate is required. Proposals must have (1) a community engagement component as part of the research plan; (2) a plan for sharing research findings with members of the community or communities involved; and (3) a plan describing how the pilot data will support an application for additional future funding. Pilot studies that use the services of the CCTS Rural Research Hubs will be given priority. (If you would like more information about the hubs and the services offered, please contact the Community Engagement and Research Core.)

Areas of emphasis are:

• Proposals involving translation of knowledge into community-based health or healthcare.
• Community engagement research focused on priority health issues in rural Kentucky communities.
• Pilot studies which generate critical preliminary data that will help to obtain extramural funding.

Eligibility is limited to full-time faculty (all title series including regular, research, clinical and special) at the University of Kentucky and affiliated institutions. Investigators in training including residents, post-doctoral fellows, and clinical fellows are NOT eligible to serve as PIs but may be co-investigators. Volunteer faculty and adjunct faculty are NOT eligible to serve as PIs but may be co- investigators.

Please direct all questions to Joel Thompson, Joel.thompson@uky.edu, (859) 323-7939

Application and additional information: 

https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/chet/funding-opportunity

The mission of the CHET Just-in-Time (JIT) grant mechanism is to enable health equity researchers to obtain small funding amounts to support competitive extramural grant applications, manuscripts submission fees, conference registrations, or support critical health equity training (directly related to a health equity research project). This small grants program is designed to support CHET members and affiliates in conducting health equity related work. Eligibility is limited to full-time faculty (all title series including regular, research, clinical and special) and post-doctoral fellows at the University of Kentucky who are CHET affiliates or CHET core faculty (to request CHET affiliation please complete the form here: https://medicine.uky.edu/centers/chet/become-and-affiliate).

The JIT grants are open to health equity studies affecting any vulnerable group or population affected by health disparities.

Eligible investigators may apply for up to $2000 annually from CHET. If you have received pilot or other award funding from CHET in the fiscal year, you will not be eligible for CHET JIT funding. The Just-in-Time funding must be spent within the fiscal year awarded. Awards are made on a rolling basis and will continue until funds have been expended. $10,000 will be available for JIT funding for this fiscal year.

Submissions accepted until June 9, 2023, or until funds are expended.

Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Description: Evidence reveals a robust causal link between access to economic resources and opportunity for health and wellbeing. The U.S. economy and many systems that families interact with prioritize production and economic growth, excluding some people—particularly Black, Indigenous and immigrant families—from the nation’s shared prosperity based on factors such as participation in the traditional labor market.

We seek efforts to bring a new social contract for children and families to life–one that acknowledges our collective interdependence; the need for shared prosperity; and that all families and children have inherent value and dignity. This call for proposals will create a portfolio of grants addressing structural issues that hinder children and families from thriving in our economy. We are interested in frameworks, ideas, models, or approaches that demonstrate an alternative economic vision that positions families at the center–challenging the idea that the value of families can only be understood in connection to work or production.

The focus is on systems change—shifting from programs, policies, and services that fill gaps in families’ resources to the longer-term structural and systemic changes that will ensure all families have the resources they need to raise thriving children. We aim to build evidence for and to elevate promising and innovative models, their connections to current approaches, and how they might help realize a vision that prioritizes child and family health and wellbeing as a core goal of our nation and the infusion of such into the economy.

Type of Award: Awards funded under this opportunity will be structured as grants.



Number of Awards: Up to 10 awards will be funded.

Amount of Award: Each award will be between $250,000 and $750,000.

Award Duration: Awards will be between 12 and 24 months.

Closing Date: June 21, 2023