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Research Advancing Kentucky: How NSF, DOD, DOE funding fuels scientific innovation

funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) advance critical scientific research at UK.

Research Security Training and NSF Certification

New federal training and certification requirements for UK researchers.

SciENcv Training Available

Use of SciENcv is required for Other Support requests received October 1, 2025, or later, including proposals, just-in-time requests and progress reports (i.e., NIH RPPRs).

Research Geographic Location and Populations via New Online Tool

The OVPR is implementing a new tool that will ask investigators to indicate the location, geographical region or specific populations their research involves.

3rd cohort of UKinSPIRE fellows to pursue high-impact international research

The Office of the Vice President for Research and the UK International Center have announced the third cohort of UKinSPIRE fellows.

New Assistant Vice President for Research Development and Support

Chad Risko, Ph.D., has been named Assistant Vice President for Research Development and Support.

Follow-up on OAV, IACUC, IRB and ORI surveys

Based on recent survey feedback, ORI, IRB, OAV and IACUC will continue to improve standardization and update communications protocols

Record research awards reflect UK's mission to advance Kentucky

UK investigators received $496.9 million in extramural grants and contracts to support their research in FY25, up 1.7% from FY24.

Updates from follow-up survey on CGS and OSPA

CGS & OSPA continue to address recent survey feedback by improving communication, responsiveness, and processing delays in order to better support research projects and PIs.

UK scientists and scholars among top 2% of most-cited researchers in the world

136 current UK scientists and scholars appear among the top 2% of the most-cited researchers across 22 disciplines.

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