Pilot Grants for Faculty

Substance Use Priority Research Area (SUPRA) Faculty New to Substance Use Research. 

Deadline to Apply: September 20, 2024.

The purpose of this pilot funding mechanism is to support a pilot project from a faculty PI who is new to the substance use research area to engage in innovative, collaborative substance use research from a basic science, pre-clinical, clinical, or community research perspective. Applications should align with SUPRA’s mission to prevent and reduce the burdens of substance use disorders through conducting and translating transdisciplinary and innovative research to inform clinical services, public health practice, and policy. All applications must address how the pilot project will lead to future extramural applications. Eligibility is limited to full-time faculty (all title series including regular, research, clinical and special) at the University of Kentucky. Investigators must be new to substance use research, which is defined as not having received previous federal funding as a PI on a substance use related grant. The PI is encouraged to have at least one Co-Investigator who is established in the field of substance use research. Investigators in training, including residents, post-doctoral fellows, and clinical fellows are not eligible to serve as PI but may be co-investigators.

More information and application here!

Questions and applications can be sent to supra@uky.edu.