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Federal Stop Work Orders & Certificates of Confidentiality (CoC)

Automatic Certificates of Confidentiality (CoCs) expire when federal funding ends, though protections for previously collected data remain. To continue data collection, a discretionary CoC is needed. The NIH application system for discretionary CoCs is unavailable until July 2025, however, the FDA continues to accept submissions. Investigators should update consent materials and security plans as needed.

DoD 2025 Decision Matrix Update

The Department of Defense (DoD) published the 2025 Decision Matrix to Inform Fundamental Research Risk Decisions, effective for all proposals submitted on or after May 9, 2025.

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Sponsored Projects Lifecycle

Sponsored Project Services is comprised of experts from our Proposal Development Office, Collaborative Grant Services and Office of Sponsored Projects Administration. Our goal is to provide efficient, consistent and effective award services – from proposal development, proposal and budget drafting, proposal submission, award activation and project closeout – to enable principal investigators to focus on research goals.

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Researcher Agreements and Contracting

  • General Information
    • Signature Authority
    • Memorandum of Understanding
    • Handling Confidential Information
    • Types of Confidential Information
    • Intellectual Property
    • Research Data Retention & Ownership
       
  • Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)
    • Consulting Agreements & Other External Activities
    • Research Consortium Agreements
    • Non-Indemnification
    • Research Business Associate Agreements
    • Emergency Use Investigational New Drugs (INDs) and Investigational Device Exceptions (IDEs)
    • Home Health Exemptions
    • Interdepartmental Agreements
    • Unfunded Collaboration Research Agreements
    • Chat GPT/Use of Generative AI for Research Purposes
    • Software Licensing for Research & In-Licensing of Software
    • Agreeing to Terms & Conditions of Software, Websites, etc.
    • Interacting and Engaging with Certain Foreign Entities/Persons/Countries
    • Controlled Substances Research
       
  • Technology Commercialization
    • Material Transfer Agreements
    • Research Related Non-Disclosure Agreements
    • Research Data Use/Transfer Agreements
    • Inter-Institutional Agreements
    • Licensing Agreements (or options to license)
    • Invention Disclosures
       
  • Office of Sponsored Projects Administration (OSPA)
    • Clinical Trial Agreements
    • Human Subjects Research with External Funding
    • Animal Research with External Funding
    • Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Agreements
       
  • Collaborative Grant Services
    • Pre- and Post-Award Grants Administration Support
       
  • Office of Research Integrity
    • Certificates of Confidentiality
      Submitting Your Study to the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
       
  • University of Kentucky Purchasing
    • Purchase Agreements and Vendor Relationships
       
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Foster Faculty Research Success

  • For Junior Faculty: Research Scholars Program (RSP)

    A one-year, multi-component investment in the research success of junior faculty and their mentors. RSP integrates strategies from national, evidence-based programs with existing campus programs.

  • Research Leadership Academy

    RLA is an immersive program focused on research leadership career development, complex programmatic grant proposals, and emerging themes in research and creative work.

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Communicating Your Research

Research Video Library

Log in with linkblue to view videos of the Office of the Vice President Lunch and Learn series, Orientation to Research, E-IRB training, CRSO, OSPA, Proposal Development, Scholars@UK, SciVal & Scopes, and archival OVPR workshops.

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Search Grants and Contracts

Visit the Sponsored Project Search Portal for access to Spifi, Scholars@UK, or to search by keyword.

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CRSO’s Open Office Hours

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May
11:00 – 11:45 AM

DOD Funding for Biomedical Research

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Jun
12:30 – 1:30 PM

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