UK Research News

Pilot Program for COVID-19 Research Launches Multiple Projects in Record Time

Jun 10, 2020, 10:19 AM

A new pilot funding program for multidisciplinary COVID-19 research at the University of Kentucky has launched in record time and funded 12 pilot projects in as many weeks.

Guoqiang Yu Awarded Two NIH Grants Totaling Nearly $4.7 Million

May 28, 2020, 8:37 AM

Guoqiang Yu has been awarded two grants from the National Institutes of Health that total nearly $4.7 million. Yu researches near-infrared diffuse optical spectroscopy/tomography through his Biomedical Optics Lab.

UK Receives Prestigious Grant from National Institute of Neurological Disorders

May 26, 2020, 10:30 AM

The work at UK in Gentry’s lab supported by this award will focus on novel insights in energy metabolism using cutting edge methodologies applied to multiple human diseases.

Researchers Awarded Grant to Study Secondary Traumatic Stress in Health Workers

May 21, 2020, 8:36 AM

The STS-ISC project will implement and test interventions to over 1,000 professionals and create free tools and resources that will be accessible to the global community of trauma workers and resource parents.

UK Social Work Receives Engagement Award to Bring Together Suicide Survivors, Research

May 21, 2020, 8:18 AM

This project will inform suicide-related advocacy, education, research and treatment and is being funded by a nearly $100,000 grant through the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards Program, an initiative of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

CAER Receives DOE Grant to Support STEM Education Program

May 20, 2020, 8:48 AM

“Even as we are doing everything that we can to protect the ones we love during the coronavirus, these grants will enable Kentuckians to make better choices that will save them money and lead to a more sustainable energy future,” Gov. Beshear said.

UK Gets NSF Funding to Develop Face Mask that Can Deactivate COVID-19

May 14, 2020, 8:37 AM

For the RAPID project, the team will create a membrane mask and other flat sheet materials with a more porous and spongy structure that will include charged domain and enzymes, which would capture and effectively deactivate SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

UK Physics and Astronomy Receives Prestigious REU From NSF

May 14, 2020, 8:32 AM

UK Physics and Astronomy has received its first Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This highly competitive program will help provide research opportunities for students from regional colleges.

2020 Markey Women Strong Distinguished Researcher Grants Awarded

May 13, 2020, 8:37 AM

Started in the summer of 2016, Markey Women Strong comprises philanthropic women and men who aim to make a meaningful difference in cancer research by funding female researchers focused on advancing the fight against cancer at the University of Kentucky.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Recognizes 11 UK Students, Alums

May 13, 2020, 8:28 AM

NSF Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees for a research-based master's or doctoral degree in a STEM (science, technology, engineering or mathematics) field.

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