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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 the college administration and department chair or center & institute director.
University Research Professor proposals are to be submitted through the Chair to the Dean's Office and entire packets routed to the Office of the Vice President for Research, 311 Main Building 0032. Proposals should not be emailed.
University Research Professors
The University Research Professorships, established by the UK Board of Trustees in 1976 to recognize outstanding research achievement, carry an award of $35,000 to enable professors to devote full time to their research or continue to teach and use the award to support research activities. Funds for these annual awards are provided by the Office of the Vice President for Research.
The 2007-2008 University Research Professors are:
Jayakrishna Ambati, Department of Ophthalmology
Richard Kryscio ,
Department of Statistics
Peter Little , Department of Anthropology
Peter Nagy , Department of Plant Pathology
See University Research Professors for past recipients.
Nominations are made by UK faculty members and screened by a faculty committee appointed by the Vice President for Research. The president, in turn, makes the final selections and submits the names to the Board of Trustees for approval.
Nominations and dossiers for 2008-09 are due December 18, 2007.
Criteria for being selected include that the appointee be a scholar or creative artist with a distinguished record of achievement in his or her field. The appointee is also required to have a proposed plan for research or creative activity to be carried out during the year of the award.