Transforming tomorrow by Improving Life in the Commonwealth & Beyond
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UK, Kentucky Awarded $87 Million to Lead Effort in Combating Nation's Opioid Epidemic

The four-year, more than $87 million study has an ambitious but profoundly important goal: reducing opioid overdose deaths by 40 percent in 16 counties that represent more than a third of Kentucky’s population.

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By the Numbers

62nd of 644

public & private institutions surveyed, up 2 spots from FY16

$378.4 million

spent to carry out research & development in FY17

$171.3 million

of R&D expenditures came from federal sources

2017 HERD data

2015-2020 Strategic Plan Transforming Tomorrow

  1. Invest in UK's existing strengths and areas of growth in selected focus areas that benefit and enrich the lives of the citizens of the Commonwealth and beyond.
  2. Recruit and retain outstanding faculty, staff and students who support our research and scholarship across the range of disciplines at UK.
  3. Improve the quality of the research infrastructure across campus.
  4. Strengthen engagement efforts and translation of research and creative work for the benefit of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the nation and the world.
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Annual Report Spotlights Research Impact on Kentucky

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The UK Research 2018 Annual Report provides a snapshot of UK’s research: from the opening of the Healthy Kentucky Research Building, to statewide economic impact and national R&D rankings, to innovative federally funded research projects in the six areas that fall under a new program—the Research Priorities Initiative.

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