UK Innovate hosted more than 150 participants and 11 industry partners for a full day of five keynote addresses, two federal program overviews, three presentation tracks with 15-minute TED Talk-style presentations and a special guest.
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UK leads one of 40 unique teams across the country that have received first-ever NSF Engines Development Awards to create economic, societal and technological opportunities for their regions.
As part of the five-year fellowship, the NSF Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $37,000 along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance for tuition and fees for a research-based master’s or doctoral degree in a STEM (science, technology, engineering or mathematics) field.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded the University of Kentucky a prestigious center grant to share its expertise and lead national efforts to build diverse academic research environments. This will be accomplished by the oversight of the new Support of Research Excellence (SuRE) R16 grant program designed to foster research capacity building at colleges and universities that serve underrepresented students. Dr. Greg talks with program co-director Brett Spear.