Office of the Vice President

Transforming tomorrow by Expanding Across the Spectrum of Research

Our Mission University of Kentucky Research

The University of Kentucky supports and empowers innovative research in all forms practiced across our diverse campus, varied disciplines and more than 70 centers and institutes. UK faculty, staff and student researchers create, discover and apply new knowledge, and explore the most complex problems facing Kentucky, the nation and the world. Our collaborative, cross-disciplinary research environment provides a rich training ground for the next generation of thinkers, creators and leaders.

The Office of the Vice President for Research provides programs and services to support UK faculty, staff and students in grant development and submission, compliance and regulatory affairs, development of intellectual property and in highlighting their research achievements. This includes oversight and guidance of 13 multidisciplinary research centers and 8 core facilities.

By the Numbers

$488.4 million

in external grants and contracts awarded in FY24

$264.4 million

federal agency awards in FY24

1 of 34 U.S. universities

with the trifecta of research designations in cancer, aging & translational science

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Units that report to the OVPR

Office of the Vice President for Research

Leadership Team

Rodney Andrews, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Vice President for Research Development

Linda Dwoskin, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Vice President for Research, Special Projects

Alan Daugherty, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Research Core Facilities

Allan Butterfield, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Centers and Institutes

Nancy Schoenberg, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Research, Health Disparities

Kim Carter
Associate Vice President for Research Executive Director, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration

Ian McClure, J.D.
Associate Vice President for Research, Innovation and Economic Impact

Katherine Hartmann, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Research, Clinical and Translational Research

Danelle Stevens-Watkins, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Research

Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, Ph.D
Associate Vice President for Research

Judy Duncan
Assistant Vice President for Research, Fiscal Affairs

Helene Lake-Bullock, Ph.D., J.D.
Assistant Vice President for Research, Research Integrity

Mark Evers, MD
Associate Vice President for Research for Oncology Research and Strategic Development

Eric King
Assistant Vice President for Research for Federal Relations and Institutional Research Priorities

Kathy Grzech
Assistant Vice President for Programmatic Grant Development

Quick links

CURATE Research Advisory Group

Aria Halliday

The January 22, 2024 meeting of the Research Advisory Group focused on Celebrating University Research Across the Enterprise (CURATE) in the colleges of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Arts and Sciences, Fine Arts, Business and Economics, Social Work, Honors College, Design, Communication and Information, Education, Law, UK Libraries and The Graduate School.

See event photos

Announcements

  • New Acting Vice President for Research
    Vice President For Research

    On September 12, 2024, Ilhem Messaoudi was announced as the Acting Vice President for Research. Dr. Messaoudi joined UK in 2021 as a professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics in the UK College of Medicine.

  • Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs (FTRPs) Policy
    Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, Vice President For Research
    As required by federal law, UK is issuing a new policy (effective Aug 9, 2024) concerning participation in foreign talent recruitment programs (FTRPs) per the CHIPS and Science Act.
  • UK ASCEND | Applications due Aug 23
    Center for Clinical & Translational Science, Vice President For Research

    UK ASCEND (Achieving Success in Community-Engaged research to elimiNate Disparities) is requesting applications from UK postdoctoral fellows/scholars to apply for pilot research funds to conduct Community-Engaged Research (CER) studies.

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