All requests for internal support require the approval of and electronic submission through the college administration and department chair or center & institute director. The following are the current contacts for submissions. They also have information about college-level research support.
Associate Deans for Research and Center & Institute Directors
Colleges
| Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment | James Matthews |
| College of Arts and Sciences | Bradley Plaster |
| College of Communication and Information | Donald Helme |
| College of Dentistry | Luciana Shaddox |
| College of Design | Lindsey Fay |
| College of Education | Melinda Ickes |
| Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering | Todd Hastings |
| College of Fine Arts | Rae Goodwin |
| Gatton College of Business and Economics | Scott Kelley |
| Graduate School | Jana Jasinski |
| College of Health Sciences | Brian Noehren |
| J. David Rosenberg College of Law | Joshua Douglas |
| Lewis Honors College | Pearl James |
| Libraries | Deirdre Scaggs |
| College of Medicine | Rebecca Dutch |
| College of Nursing | Gia Mudd-Martin |
| College of Pharmacy | Jon Thorson |
| College of Public Health | Svetla Slavova |
| College of Social Work | Jackie Duron |
Research Centers & Institutes
| Center for Applied Energy Research | Rodney Andrews |
| Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) | Katherine Hartmann |
| Center for Computational Sciences | Jim Griffioen |
| Center for the Environment Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES) |
Erin Haynes |
| Institute for Biomedical Informatics (IBI) | Vacant |
| Human Development Institute | Mykal Leslie |
| Kentucky Geological Survey (KGS) | Michael McGlue |
| Kentucky Water Research Institute (KWRI) | Jason Unrine |
| Markey Cancer Center | Mark Evers |
| Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability & the Environment (TFISE) | Lauren Cagle |