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January 2025 RCR Newsletter

January edition now available

January 2025 UK Innovate Newsletter

The January edition of the Innovation Insider features Launch Blue’s new programs to support future innovation leaders and Zachary Stacy’s promotion to associate director of intellectual property development. You'll also find upcoming events and job opportunities.

Register for the 6th Annual James B. Beam Institute Industry Conference

The James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits (JBBI), in partnership with the Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA), has opened registration for the 2025 Industry Conference. The conference on UK’s campus March 17-19 features sessions led by bourbon industry leaders related to spirit production, business, new technology and agriculture, branding and sales. Ouita Michel, owner of several farm-to-table restaurants in the Lexington area, is the keynote speaker.

New Opioid Abatement Funding Decision Tool

This new tool is available for state and local government partners to provide evidence-based practices tested through the HEALing Communities Study (HCS) Consortium members including the UK HCS team. The tool allows the user to respond to questions regarding the current community environment then provides a list of evidence-based practices for spending opioid settlement funds. Learn more here. Overdose Crisis Community Decision Tool demo

BIRCWH Program Scholars and Associates | apply by March 5

The Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) program is now accepting applications for two Scholars and up to four Associates, effective August 1, 2025. Selected faculty receive intense mentoring and career development to strengthen their research programs. Applications are due at 11:59 p.m. March 5. Click here to learn more.

CCTS Offers New Mentor Training

The Center for Clinical and Translational Science now offers mentor training using the CIMER Entering Mentoring Curriculum. The program is for UK faculty with mentees in health or biomedical fields, and it meets the requirements for serving as a mentor on an NIH-funded training grant. This interactive, in-person training is offered four times a year at no cost. More information here.

CCTS Spring Conference | abstracts due Feb. 5, mentor award nominations due Feb. 10

April 1, 2025, hundreds of researchers, clinicians, staff, students and community members will share research around the theme “Pioneering Pathways: Innovative Trial Design in Translational Science.” The 20th Annual CCTS Conference also hosts Research Days for the colleges of Dentistry, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Institute for Biomedical Informatics, and the Department of Internal Medicine.

New NIH Genomics Data Management Policy

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued updated data management policies, which introduce new security standards in the Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) Policy.

Proposal Submission Deadline Policy

To ensure timely and accurate submission of proposals for sponsored projects and to honor our commitment to a healthy work-life balance for our staff, the following policy was developed in collaboration between the Vice President for Research, Collaborative Grant Services (CGS), Office of Sponsored Projects Administration (OSPA) and the Associate Deans for Research (ADRs). This policy outlines the timeline and responsibilities for the proposal preparation and submission process.

NSF Limited Submission – Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP)

Limited Submission – NSF – Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP) – NSF 25-521

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