UK investigators received $488.4 million in extramural grants and contracts to support their research in fiscal year (FY) 2024, a 1.9% increase from FY 23.

UK Research welcomed Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., the NIH director, to the Healthy Kentucky Research Building — a space dedicated to enabling multidisciplinary teams to find solutions to reduce the health disparities greatly impacting Kentucky.

David L. Harmon, director of graduate studies and professor in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences in the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, has been honored as a 2024-25 University Research Professor

Established by the Board of Trustees in 1976, the professorships program recognizes excellence across the full spectrum of research at UK.