Unable to attend the research subjects incentives 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. 

UK Business Procedures: Compensation to Research Subjects or Survey Recipients

The 2023 Public Health Showcase on April 10th, sponsored by CPH, is a unique opportunity for sharing innovative work in public health research, community practice, teaching, and workforce development. Event registration deadline is March 27th.

NOTE: Even if you have submitted an abstract, you still must register for the event.

Project GATeWAY (Grants Administration Transformation as the WAY forward) is the leap forward into the future of grants administration at UK.

Given recent growth in sponsored research over the last decade, the University of Kentucky asked Deloitte to comprehensively assess UK’s research administration functions to improve operations and service to faculty. See assessment scope pdf.

Deloitte’s assessment of research administration operations at UK included detailed quantitative and qualitative analyses to understand UK’s current state and identify opportunities for future growth and efficiency. See full engagement context, focus group list, and stakeholder interview list (pdf).

SharePoint Candidate Hub for the Executive Director of Collaborative Grant Services is where you can find presentation videos of candidates and their bios and provide feedback.

April 11, 2023 | 12-1PM

The Office of the Vice President for Research is hosting a series of lectures by the 2022 University Research Professors. 

David W. Fardo (Biostatistics, College of Public Health)

"Statistical genetics at the University of Kentucky"

Join via Zoom: https://uky.zoom.us/j/9251686420#success

March 22, 2023 | 12-1PM 

Presented By: Muhammad Hamdan Gul, MD

Objectives: To investigate whether COVID-19 patients with pulmonary embolism had higher mortality and assess the utility of D-dimer in predicting acute pulmonary embolism. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-023-02369-7

Presented By: Virginia Lacefield, MSLS, Research Data Analyst, UK IRADS

Objectives: In this short demo, you will learn how to directly access Qualtrics survey data in Tableau Desktop without a download by using the Tableau web data connector (WDC). The WDC creates a data extract that can be joined with SAP HANA data or other local data sources to create dashboards, reports, and other data visualizations. The demo will include instructions for setting up a workbook using the connector, examples of how survey question types affect data structures, tips for transposing your data to create a more Tableau-friendly dataset, and an discussion of limitations of the connector.

Documentation on the Qualtrics Tableau WDC can be found here: https://www.qualtrics.com/support/integrations/tableau-integration/.

The John P. Wyatt, M.D. Environment & Health Symposium honors the legacy of Dr. John P. Wyatt and his pioneering environmental clinical research on air pollution and lung pathology. Universities and agencies from across the state have partnered to present research and practice on environment and its impacts on health with specific emphasis on Kentucky.

Although the abstract submission deadline has passed, there is still time to register for SURE, which will be held on April 24^th in the Gatton Student Center. The final program and other details will be sent out soon

Registration closes on April 1st. 

SURE showcases the translational research conducted at the University of Kentucky focusing on substance use and substance use disorder. It is held at the Gatton Student Center and is free and open to all members of the UK and the greater Lexington community who are interested in the field. The event is sponsored by the University of Kentucky Office of the Vice President for Research and will feature Dr. Kathy Grant from the Oregon Health Sciences University and Dr. Alan Budney from Dartmouth College as plenary speakers. Breakout sessions will cover cannabis research, epidemiological surveillance of drug use, community approaches to overdose prevention and sex/hormonal influences on substance use.

For additional information, please visit the SURE site here. Any other inquiries about SURE can be sent to SUPRA@uky.edu.

Join the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities for this free, virtual workshop on improving participation in clinical research. During this event, speakers and panelists will focus the discussion on:

• Evidence-based best practices to increase inclusive participation in clinical research
• How to implement best-practices, including challenges to overcome and lessons learned

This workshop will systematically cover every stage in the research process: before the study, during the study, and after the study. Additionally, on the second day, attendees will participate in a special session with representatives from an array of fields involved that support and conduct clinical research, such as academia, pharmaceuticals, community-based organizations, and federal agencies.

Purpose: The Health Resources and Services Administration announces the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) Technical Assistance Center. HRSA/MCHB seeks to expand implementation and reach of AIM program activities by funding the AIM Technical Assistance (TA) Center to support all 50 states, the District of Columbia (D.C.), jurisdictions, U.S. territories, tribal communities,1 and birthing facilities that are participating in the AIM program through the provision of TA to increase birthing facility engagement, support bundle implementation and sustainability, manage reporting and analysis of state AIM data, and promote safe care for pregnant and postpartum people. These efforts are designed to meet the intent of the legislation which is “identifying, developing, or disseminating best practices to improve maternal health care quality and outcomes, improve maternal and infant health, and eliminate preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity”. The program will also build data capacity for participating entities to track progress on bundle implementation and support improvement of data collection and reporting to measure program impact more effectively.

Note: This TA Center is one of two components of the AIM Program. The second AIM component is the HRSA-23-066 AIM Capacity program to support states, capacity to implement AIM and expand the reach, depth, and quality of AIM implementation throughout the United States.

HRSA expects to make only one cooperative agreement award.

Funding Amount/Project Period: up to $3,000,000 total cost per year for 4 years

Institutional Limit: 1

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 March 28, 2023:

1. Names and departments or affiliations of the Center Director, Project PIs, or other partners
2. Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number;
3. Brief project description (2 pages maximum)
4. Brief biographical sketch

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation.

For questions or issues with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.

Agency Deadline: May 9, 2023

Purpose: The Health Resources and Services Administration announces the FY 2023 Integrated Maternal Health Services (IMHS) program. The purpose of this program is to foster the development and demonstration of integrated health services models, such as the Maternity Medical Home (sometimes referred to as the Pregnancy Medical Home (PMH)) which is modeled after the patient- centered medical home. The models developed and demonstrated by this program will support comprehensive care (including clinical, ancillary, behavioral health, and support services) for pregnant and postpartum people who experience health disparities and have limited access to basic social and health care services.

The IMHS initiative will be used to identify integrated health services models for future replication that will improve maternal health outcomes, advance equity, and address systemic barriers.

The overarching goal of the IMHS initiative is to improve maternal health outcomes in the United States by increasing access to quality, equitable, comprehensive care for pregnant and postpartum people who experience health disparities and have limited access to basic social and health care services. The program will work towards achieving this goal by:

• Fostering collaborative relationships between health care providers, social services organizations/providers, state Medicaid programs, and state and local health departments to coordinate services and improve maternal health outcomes;
• Developing and enhancing maternal health data infrastructure at the maternal health care practice and population levels;
• Assessing the viability of various models that support integrated health services for pregnant and postpartum people; and, 
• Identifying lessons learned for future implementation.

Note: HRSA expects to award up to five cooperative agreements.

Funding Amount/Project Period: up to $1,800,000 total cost per year for 5 years

Institutional Limit: 1

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 April 11, 2023:

1. Names and departments or affiliations of the applicants, or other partners
2. Title of program and/or funding opportunity announcement number
3. Brief project description (2 pages maximum)
4. Brief biographical sketch

A committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation. For questions or issues with submission through the portal, email the limited submission mailbox (limitedsubmissions@uky.edu), or call 257-2861.

Agency Deadline: May 24, 2023

Agency: Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Description: The Burroughs Wellcome Fund serves and strengthens society by nurturing a diverse group of leaders in biomedical sciences to improve human health through education and powering discovery in frontiers of greatest need.

The fund invites applications for its Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants program, which aims to stimulate the growth of new connections between scholars working in largely disconnected fields who could together change the course of climate change’s impact on human health. Small, early-stage grants of between $2,500 and $50,000 will be awarded through the program.

Closing Date: April 12, 2023

 (Note: there is a rolling deadline that will continue through July 12, 2023, with the next “deadline” being April 12, 2023.)

Agency: Appalachian Regional Commission

Description: The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC or the Commission) invites proposals from qualified researchers and consultants to examine worker displacement in the Appalachian Region (the Region) over the past decade. The work should include analysis of at least the past five iterations of the Displaced Worker Survey (DWS), conducted every two years by the United States Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) as a supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS). Data from the surveys should provide a nuanced view of worker displacement throughout the Region, including how experiences vary based on geography, industry employed, and worker characteristics. At the broadest level, the experiences of workers in Appalachia should be compared to those in the non-Appalachian United States.

Variation within the Region should also be explored by subregion, metro/rural designation, and Appalachian portions of states. The report should examine trends in the data, and how the experiences of displaced workers have changed over time. A literature review of research examining worker displacement and employment trends should accompany the quantitative analysis and provide context to the data findings. The last exploration of worker displacement by the Commission took place in 2005. The analysis and methodologies used by researchers in that report should inform the current effort. The audience for this report includes state and local economic development practitioners, policymakers, and other researchers. The selected researcher or consultant will work closely with ARC staff in the development of this report.

Closing Date: April 12, 2023

Description: The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to invite R21 applications on chronic conditions understudied among women and/or that disproportionately affect populations of women who are understudied, underrepresented, and underreported in biomedical Research should align with Goal 1 of the 2019-2023 Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women's Health Research "Advancing Science for the Health of Women." The awards under this NOFO will be administered by NIH ICs using funds that have been made available through the Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) and the scientific partnering Institutes and Centers across NIH.

The Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) works in partnership with the NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices (ICOs), as well as with federal agencies and their offices to ensure that women's health research is an integral part of the larger scientific framework to enhance health and treat disease. The ORWH mission includes strengthening research relevant to diseases, disorders, and conditions that affect women and ensuring that research supported by NIH adequately addresses isues regarding women’s health. The ORWH led the development of the 2019-2023 Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women's Health Research, which offered a vision in which the biomedical research enterprise thoroughly integrates sex and gender influences so that every woman receives evidence-based disease prevention and treatment tailored to her own needs, circumstances, and goals. This NOFO aligns with Goal 1 of this NIH Strategic Plan, advancing rigorous research that is relevant to the health of women, which contains the following objectives:

• 1.1 Discover basic biological differences between females and males.
• 1.2 Investigate the influence of sex and gender on disease prevention, presentation, management, and outcomes.
• 1.3 Identify the immediate, mid-, and long-term effects of exposures on health and disease outcomes.
• 1.4 Promote research that explores the influence of sex and gender on the connection between the mind and body, and its impact on health and disease.
• 1.5 Expand research on female-specific conditions and diseases, including reproductive stages, and maternal and gynecologic health.

This NOFO will support research on chronic conditions that affect all women and individuals assigned female at birth that remain understudied building upon opportunities identified at the ORWH-led Advancing NIH Research on Women's Health: A 2021 Conference. In the congressionally requested conference, several topics were specified for review by the NIH and the NIH Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health (ACRWH) including rising rates of chronic debilitating conditions in women. Chronic conditions were last defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 2010 as “conditions that last a year or more and require ongoing medical attention and/or limit activities of daily living." Sex and gender influence prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic conditions and multimorbidity among women.

Activity Code: R21 Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant

Announcement Number: RFA-OD-23-013

Closing Date: June 21, 2024

Description: This Funding Opportunity Announcement encourages the submission of pilot and feasibility clinical trials conducted in humans that will lay the foundation for larger clinical trials related to the prevention and/or treatment of diseases and conditions within the mission of NIDDK. The program will support small, short-term proof-of-concept clinical trials in humans to acquire preliminary data regarding the effects of the intervention, as well as feasibility data related to recruitment and retention, and study conduct. Applications for clinical trials submitted under this FOA should have clearly described aims and objectives, and have a high likelihood that the trial findings will lead to more definitive, hypothesis-driven trials to improve understanding, diagnosis, prevention or treatment of the diseases studied and have the potential to impact clinical practice and/or public health. Preliminary data regarding intervention efficacy are not required.

Announcement Number: PAS-23-086

Closing Date: June 5, 2023

Related Announcements: PA-20-272 - Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)

Issued by: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Purpose: The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is providing the opportunity for supplemental funding to (i) enhance the capture of individual-level environmental exposure information in ways that are efficient, cost-effective, consecutive, and non-burdensome, and (ii) evaluate novel environmental exposure assessment approaches and validate such approaches with that of traditional assessment methods. 

Expiration Date: April 21, 2023