The Public Health Showcase poster session will be held on April 10, 2023, from 1:00 PM-3:00 PM at the Gatton Student Center, Harris Ballroom.

2023 Public Health Showcase Poster Printing Details

• CPH will cover the printing costs of your poster.
• Please upload your poster to the poster printing request form available on the Office of Undergraduate Research website https://our.uky.edu/posters no later than Thursday, March 30, 2023.
• Enter 000000 when asked for the College/Department cost center number.
• Examples of poster templates are available on the Office of Undergraduate Research website.   
• Make sure your poster is formatted no bigger than the standard poster size of 36" x 48" (e.g., size 36” x 36" or 36” x 48").
• If you would like to include approved CPH logos, these can be downloaded from the following website: https://www.uky.edu/prmarketing/brand-downloads/24. 
• You will receive poster set up information via email prior to the event.

If you have any questions or need further clarification on the poster submission process, please email CPHresearch@uky.edu. 

Both virtual and onsite options exist, with part time and full time paid opportunities as well! There are limited spots and this application is competitive, so if you need help with interviewing, resume, etc. –let us know.

Topical opportunities: harm reduction / syringe services programs (SSPs), community health worker (CHW), Kentucky Perinatal Quality Collaborative, HIV prevention, Community Health Assessments, substance use and HCV+ mothers, immunizations, syndromic surveillance, Emergency Preparedness and Response, healthcare coalition building, food safety, Health Professional Shortage Area program, Maternal and Child Health, family planning and more!

The Kentucky Department for Public Health is currently accepting student internship and practicum placements for the Summer 2023 semester (June-August, 2023). Please review the catalog and share this information with your students.

Virtual and paid positions are available.

Student Application: https://ky.readyop.com/fs/4oeQ/2766271d

The deadline for student submissions is April 14, 2023.

Tuesday, April 4, 20223, 2-3PM Via Zoom

For this training, you should: Be able to build a longitudinal research project in REDCap. 

Objectives: 

• Understand calculations
• Learn about importing data
• Explore new dashboard features

Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Time: 3:30 - 5:30 pm ET

Location: Ballroom 212A, Gatton Student Center

Don't miss this opportunity to hear from inspiring and accomplished women innovators and entrepreneurs!

Our panel discussion will tap into the expertise of our panelists on funding female founders. This public event will also include networking with our speakers, panelists and attendees.

The Office of Research Integrity is pleased to announce Research Recruitment and Advertising course updates.

The course now offers:

• A Brief Overview
• Recruiting & Advertising Do's and Don'ts
• Guidance for Social Media Recruitment & Advertising
• Tips for Managing Protocol Recruitment & Advertising

Description: The Sustainability Challenge Grant (SCG) program is requesting research, scholarship, and creative proposals for the 2023-2024 funding cycle. The Sustainability Challenge Grant Program was developed as a collaborative effort of the President’s Sustainability Advisory Committee, The Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment, and the Office of Sustainability. Funding for the program is provided by the Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, the Vice President for Research, the Office of the Provost, and the Student Sustainability Council.

Sustainability, in this context, implies that the activities of the University of Kentucky are ecologically sound, socially just, and economically viable, and that they will continue to be so for future generations. A sustainability focus encourages the integration of these principles in curricula, research, and outreach. This principled approach to operational practices and intellectual pursuits prepares students and empowers the campus community to support sustainable development in the Commonwealth and beyond.

The following information and instructions apply to the application process for the Sustainability Challenge Grant program. The project implementation period for this call is July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. Extensions may be requested.

Eligibility: All members of the University community are encouraged to develop project ideas. Project teams must be led by a faculty or staff member whose home unit/department agrees to manage the dispersal of funds. University cost centers will be provided to funded projects. Student involvement is strongly encouraged. Teams must include representatives from at least two distinct organizational units. Proposals not meeting the specifications of this RFP will not be considered for funding and will be returned without review.

Funding: All awards are subject to the availability of funds, quality of the proposals submitted, and other applicable considerations. For 2023-2024, a total of $200,000 is expected with a maximum award of $50,000 per project. In previous years, the SCG program has awarded six-eight projects.

Closing Date: May 11, 2023

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) posted their initial proposals for updating Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards. The document is open for public comment and the deadline is April 12.

CSTE is collecting comments from members on a call today (from 12:30-2:00pm ET) as well as written comments via email (due March 31). If you are interested in this opportunity, more information is provided in the email below to the Surveillance and Informatics Steering Committee.

The initial proposal for OMB RE stat standards document

OMB SPD 15 CSTE Listening Session document

Purpose: The William T. Grant Foundation is accepting applications for the 2023 William T. Grant Scholars Program. The program supports career development for promising early-career researchers who focus on to improving the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. The program funds five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas. Applicants should have a track record of conducting high-quality research and an interest in pursuing a significant shift in their trajectories as researchers. The foundation recognizes that early-career researchers are rarely given incentives or support to take measured risks in their work, so this award includes a mentoring component, as well as a supportive academic community.

Proposed research plans must address questions that are relevant to policy and practice in one of the Foundation’s two focus areas:

1. Reducing Inequality in youth outcomes - In this focus area, we support studies that aim to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people, especially on the basis of race, ethnicity, economic standing, language minority status, or immigrant origins.
2. Improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people – While an extensive body of knowledge provides a rich understanding of specific conditions that foster the use of research evidence, we lack robust, validated strategies for cultivating them. What is required to create structural and social conditions that support research use? What infrastructure is needed, and what will it look like? What supports and incentives foster research use? And, ultimately, how do youth outcomes fare when research evidence is used? This is where new research can make a difference.

Awards are based on applicants’ potential to become influential researchers, as well as their plans to expand their expertise in new and significant ways. The application should make a cohesive argument for how the applicant will expand their expertise. The research plan should evolve in conjunction with the development of new expertise, and the mentoring plan should describe how the proposed mentors will support applicants in acquiring that expertise.

Eligibility: Applicants must have received their terminal degree within seven years of submitting their application. In medicine, the seven-year maximum is dated from the completion of the first residency. Applicants must be employed in career-ladder positions. For many applicants, this means holding a tenure-track position in a university. The award must not replace the institution’s current support of the applicant’s research.

Funding Amount / Project Period: $350,000 over 5 years

Internal Competition: Internal coordination will be handled at the college level. Individuals interested in this program should contact their Associate Dean for Research as soon as possible.

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

Purpose: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) is a multi-year initiative aimed at reducing the morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), in high-risk rural communities. This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the RCORP-Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health (RCORP-CABH) program.

The purpose of RCORP-CABH is to establish and expand sustainable behavioral health care services for children and adolescents aged 5-17 years who live in rural communities, and to prevent substance misuse. For the purposes of RCORP-CABH, “behavioral health” encompasses services to address both mental health and substance use disorders. Over the four-year period of performance, award recipients will use RCORP-CABH funding to achieve the following three program goals through a consortium-based approach:

• Goal 1: Service Delivery. Establish new behavioral health prevention, treatment, and recovery services for children and adolescents aged 5-17 years in the target rural service area.
• Goal 2: Training and Peer Mentorship. Improve the capacity of rural health care providers, paraprofessionals, non-clinical staff, and community members to care for and support children and adolescents aged 5-17 with behavioral health needs, through providing training and peer mentorship opportunities.
• Goal 3: Community Partnerships. Build community partnerships to ensure that children and adolescents, and their families, have access to community resources and human services that support prevention of, treatment of, and recovery from behavioral health disorders.

As a result of these goals, HRSA expects that an increased number of children and adolescents aged 5-17 will receive evidence-based, coordinated behavioral health care and supportive services. Additionally, HRSA expects that all activities implemented under RCORP-CABH will be sustainable by the end of the four-year period of performance. The target population for RCORP-CABH is:

• Children and adolescents ages 5-17 in HRSA-designated rural counties and rural census tracts who are at risk for, have, or are recovering from a behavioral health disorder;
• The families and caretakers of children and adolescents ages 5-17 in HRSA-designated rural counties and rural census tracts who are at risk for, have, or are recovering from a behavioral health disorder.

HRSA encourages you to include populations that have historically suffered from poorer health outcomes, health disparities, and other inequities as compared to the rest of the population. Examples of these populations include, but are not limited to racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ individuals, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, new immigrants, people who are homeless, and individuals with disabilities. Additionally, HRSA expects applicants to ensure that all activities supported by RCORP-CABH are culturally and linguistically appropriate for the target rural population that will be served.

Funding Amount/Project Period: up to $1,000,000 per year for 4 years

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 4, 2023:

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

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

Agency Deadline: May 12, 2023

Purpose: The Health Resources and Services Administration announces the Rural Health Care Coordination Program. The purpose of this program is to promote rural health care services outreach by improving and expanding delivery of health care services through comprehensive care coordination strategies in rural areas. This award is intended to serve as initial seed funding to implement creative community-based health solutions in rural communities to expand access to and coordination of care with the expectation that awardees will then be able to sustain the program after the federal funding ends.

The goals for the Rural Health Care Coordination Program are to:

1. Expand access to and quality of equitable health care services through care coordination strategies exclusively in rural areas;
2. Utilize an innovative evidence-based, promising practice, and/or value-based care model(s) that is known to, or demonstrates strong evidence to, improve patient health outcomes and the planning and delivery of patient-centered health care services;
3. Increase collaboration among multi-sector and multidisciplinary network partnerships to address the underlying factors related to social determinants of health; and
4. Develop and implement deliberate and sustainable strategies of care coordination into policies, procedures, staffing, services, and communication systems.

The Rural Health Care Coordination Program is a four-year program with year one (September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2024) being a planning year and years two – four (September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2027) focused on program implementation. Applicants are required to select one primary focus area: heart disease; cancer; chronic lower respiratory disease; stroke; or maternal health.

Eligibility: The applicant organization must represent a network composed of members that include three or more health care providers. All services must be provided in a fully rural country or rural census tract.

Funding Amount/Project Period: up to $300,000 per year for 4 years

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 4, 2023:

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

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

Agency Deadline: May 15, 2023