Transforming tomorrow by Preventing and Reducing the Burden of Substance Use Disorders

Graduate/Professional Student Pilot Grants

This pilot funding mechanism provides resources to support innovative substance use research conducted by graduate and/or professional students from a basic science, pre-clinical, clinical, or community research perspective. All applications must address how the pilot project will advance the student’s research prospects in terms of publications, pursuit of extramural grant support, and/or job market competitiveness. The aim of the Graduate/Professional Student Pilot grant award is to train the next generation of substance use researchers. Requests for Applications (RFAs) will be released every 12 to 18 months.

Super Students Grant Opportunities

Undergraduate, Graduate Student, and Postdoctoral Partnership Awards

Substance Use Priority Research Area (SUPRA) Postdoctoral Pilot Grant RFA. 

Deadline to Apply: September 20, 2024

This pilot funding mechanism provides resources to support innovative substance use research conducted by a postdoctoral scholar/fellow from a basic science, pre-clinical, clinical, or community research perspective. All applications must address how the pilot project will advance the postdoc’s research productivity in terms of publications, pursuit of extramural grant support, and/or job market competitiveness. A faculty advisor is required for oversight. Eligibility is limited to postdoctoral scholars/fellows at UK. Pilot award winners will be expected to present at the next Substance Use Research Event (SURE) and acknowledge SUPRA on presentations and publications.

More information and application can be found here!

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

Current Awardees: Students

  • Kara Lynne Cook, Statistics 
    • Title: The effects of scheduling on nonmedical use of gabapentin in Kentucky
  • Emily Prantzalos, Pharmaceutical Sciences
    • Title: Role of Dynamic Signaling of NRG3-ErbB4 in the Prefrontal Cortex in Mediating Nicotine Withdrawal Phenotypes
  • Heather True, Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics 
    • Title: Umbilical Cord Blood Derived Microglia as a Model of Impaired Neurodevelopment in Prenatal Opioid Exposure
  • Tanner Anderson, Neuroscience 
    • Title: An Evaluation of the Therapeutic Efficacy and Underlying Mechanisms of Psychedelic Treatment on Cocaine-Induced Cognitive Flexibility Deficits