UK Research News

Research Advancing Kentucky: Escobar’s membrane work offers solutions

With significant support from the U.S. NSF and DOE, Professor Isabel Escobar’s research focuses on modifying membranes at the nanoscale.

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.

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.

Federal Stop Work Orders & Certificates of Confidentiality (CoC)

Grant Re-Budgeting Requests

If you are approached by a program officer to re-budget or change grant agreement terms, immediately alert CGS and OSPA.

From research to real-world impact: UK grad student brings sociological insight to Lexington’s sustainable growth

Ph.D. candidate Jimmy Robinson applied his research expertise to design a high-impact evaluation tool for Fayette Alliance’s Grow Smart Academy.

Research Advancing Kentucky: How NIH-funded discoveries drive UK’s impact

Hear from Ilhem Messaoudi, Acting Vice President for Research, and scientists across UK on crucial research funded by the National Institute of Health.

How NIH funding supports resources for UK researchers

Ilhem Messaoudi provides an introduction in Research Communications' video series on the impact of NIH funding on UK and Kentucky.

Research Advancing Kentucky: Restoring movement to those with spinal cord injuries

With NIH support, John Gensel focuses on developing therapies and treatments to improve outcomes after spinal cord injury.

IRC program awards nearly $600,000 in pilot grants to support campus research

UK’s Igniting Research Collaborations (IRC) program has awarded nearly $600,000 in pilot grants to support cross-college interdisciplinary research.