Inside Look

The Research Enhancement Grant (REG) program is a new opportunity for the University to support faculty who have previously secured external funding awards and to facilitate the obtainment of additional awards. The program will initially be piloted for a period of five years, subject to funding availability on an annual basis.

In Spring 2019, Sponsored Programs administered a survey with the intention of collecting data about faculty and staff engagement in externally-sponsored projects.  Our goal with this survey was to inform decisions about ways in which the University can better support faculty and staff in their pursuits of external funding and in their management of externally-funded awards.

EKU has received notification of new Facilities and Administrative (F&A) costs (also referred to as indirect costs) rates for the period of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2023 or until amended.  Effective immediately, the revised rates must be used for all sponsored project proposals with anticipated start dates on or after July 1, 2019. 

The new rates are as follows:

After several years in development and multiple extensions for implementation, revisions to the Federal policy governing the use of human research subjects (The Common Rule) are set to go into effect on January 21, 2019.  All protocols reviewed as of this date will be required to follow the revised policy, which can be read in full