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The programs listed in the UK Faculty Research Support Guide are available to full-time faculty members only — regular, special, research or clinical title series. All requests for internal support require the approval of and electronic submission through the college administration and department chair or center & institute director.
Requests and proposals are to be submitted to Faculty Research Support. Indicate PI's name and program name in subject line.
Service Center Pilot Grants
These awards are for collection of pilot data to be used in externally funded research applications. Preference will be given to new users of the service center technologies. This includes data and services from facilities such as:
- UK Survey Research Center
- Microarray Facility
- Imaging Facility
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Spectroscopy Center
- Mass Spectrometry
- Proteomics
- Transgenic Mouse Facility
Awards will be for service center charges only, up to a limit of $5,000, and have a 180-day limit from start date. Requests may be submitted at anytime. Generally, faculty who have significant amounts of research funding or start-up funds are not eligible for these grants.
Proposal format:
The application is limited to 4 pages (12-point type) and is to contain the following:
- Cover sheet (pdf) counts as one page.
- Abstract of proposed work (250 words). External funding agency application format is acceptable.
- Explain what you are going to do with support, clarifying if necessary the relationship of the requested funding to the project.
- Brief budget, and the source and amount of any other funds available or requested directly supporting the project.
- Address how proposed work will advance your research, emphasizing to which agencies you intend to apply and how this service center work will facilitate that.
- List all current funding (internal and external)
- Brief formatted biographical sketch using a format suitable for an appropriate agency (NIH, NSF, DOE, etc.). See http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/biosketchsample.doc for an NIH sample and note that completing the box for an eRA Commons name is optional.
- All applicable requirements such as IRB, IACUC, Biosafety, etc. and date approval will be sought.
Submission Procedure: In order to assure approval has been obtained from the Department Chair and the College Administration or Center & Institute Director, faculty are to email their completed application to their Chair or Director, with their name and the research support program name in the subject line. The Chair will forward it to the Associate Dean for Research. The ADR or Director will submit the proposal to Faculty Research Support. In order to provide the Vice President for Research with additional information on which to base a funding decision, the Chairs, Directors and ADRs are invited to provide confidential comments on the credentials of the applicant, the importance of the research plan to the applicant’s research program and how the proposal fits with their department or college Strategic Plan.
Review Procedure: Review varies in different centers. Review will include assessment by the relevant service center advisory board or their designee.
Post-award Requirements: A very brief report, indicating the status of the experiments and whether an extramural grant has been submitted (and critiques if available) should be submitted within 90 days of award expiration. Failure to submit a final report may preclude future awards. In addition, support from this program should be acknowledged in all publications resulting from the funded researchand this office should be notified if support through this program leads to funding or publications any time in the futureSee UK Centers & Core Facilities for more information.