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UK Researcher Receives Nearly $1.9 Million to Study Retinal Regeneration

Associate Professor Ann Morris in the Department of Biology will use the National Institutes of Health funding to continue her cutting-edge research in retinal development and regeneration.

UK Researchers Awarded NSF Grant to Upgrade Stream Monitoring Network in Robinson Forest

UK researchers are getting enhanced equipment to measure stream water quality thanks to the National Science Foundation.

UK Sports Medicine Research Institute Awarded $4 Million from U.S. Department of Defense

The Sports Medicine Research Institute has been awarded a $4 million contract to study operational preparedness of military elite.

Federal Grant Will Improve Rock Sample Archives at Kentucky Geological Survey

The $243,473 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences will allow KGS staff and student employees to organize and re-label thousands of core storage boxes, resulting in a collection that meets current archival standards.

Research to Identify Racehorses at Risk for Major Injury

UK's Gluck Equine Research Center has received a grant from the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to study catastrophic injury in racehorses.

Li, CHSR Receive $1 Million Grant for Study on Difficulties in Diagnosing Syncope

Dr. Jing Li, associate director of the UK Center for Health Services Research, has received a $1 million grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for a study which aims to address difficulties and inefficiencies in the diagnosis and approach to syncope, a temporary loss of consciousness.

Ph.D. Research Fueled by National Physical Therapy Scholarship

This summer Kirby Mayer, a Ph.D. candidate in the UK College of Health Sciences, got a prestigious $15,000 research scholarship. By improving classification of ICU-acquired weakness, Mayer hopes to improve how and when physical therapists implement interventions.

UK Professors Among Researchers Nationwide Funded to Study Economic Inequality

The Washington Center for Equitable Growth announced today that it will award 24 grants this year, totaling close to $900,000, to economists and other social scientists conducting research on the channels through which economic inequality affects economic growth and stability.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Recognizes 9 From UK

UK's Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced that doctoral students Calah Ford and Lydia Hager and 2018 graduate Aaron Mueller have been selected to receive government-funded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. In addition, six other UK students were recognized by the NSF program.

UK CAER Grant Seeks to Reduce Carbon Capture Costs

Researchers in UK's Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) have received a $3.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory to develop an intensified process to significantly reduce the capital and operational costs associated with CO2 capture.

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