In addition to the monthly PI Summary report you receive for each grant, regular meetings are a good way to stay on top of potential issues and budgetary monitoring. 

Benefits of meeting regularly: 

1. Consistent updates on ‘spend down’ progress 
2. Monitoring and anticipating the budget end date to purchase supplies, plan travel, etc. There are rules in place for ordering supplies that they may not be aware of, as well as, travel restrictions and dates 
3. Assuring faculty, staff, and students are charging effort accurately and any potential for increasing effort 
4. Subaward balances and invoicing 
5. Discuss any upcoming grants that will be awarded  
6. As well as general comradery, trust and communication

More complex grants need a little more attention and may need to meet with the PI more frequently (monthly/bimonthly/quarterly). However, salary-only grants should potentially need to meet at the very beginning of the budget period and again when we’re 120 to 90 days from the budget end date. 

Department Post-Award Contact 

Biostatistics 

Erin Pyrek | Erin.Pyrek@uky.edu 

Dean’s Office 

Erin Pyrek | Erin.Pyrek@uky.edu 

Epidemiology & Environmental Health 

Bonnie Gay | bagay01@uky.edu 

Health Behavior and Society 

Stacy Drury Duke | stacy.drury@uky.edu 

Health Management & Policy 

Stacy Drury Duke | stacy.drury@uky.edu 

Center for Innovation in Population Health (IPH-C) 

Elliot Bloomer | elliot.bloomer@uky.edu 

Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC) 

Dee Beegle | dee.beegle@uky.edu 

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) training applies to ALL faculty, staff, graduate students, undergraduates, and postdoctoral fellows participating in research. The deadline to complete RCR In-Person Training/Discussion has passed.

Dr. Richard Charnigo is offering two CPH sessions via Zoom in July.

Thursday, July 20, 2023, at 7PM 

Register: https://uky.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_42QicuEqEcLAgMm

Monday, July 24, 2023, at 1PM

Register: https://uky.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_00yaRSdOJ0LijhY

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has just released two Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for its Equity in Access Research Program, which is dedicated to funding health services research. 

Purpose: Fund research studies that will increase our understanding of effective strategies for increasing accrual to therapeutic cancer clinical trials, particularly among underrepresented populations.

Building Evidence for Effective Strategies to Increase Therapeutic Cancer Clinical Trial Accrual: Promoting Access for Patients from Underrepresented Groups.

Awards will be a maximum of $2.5 million each, over 5 years. 

Understanding How Health Insurance Affects Equity in Access to Care for Patients with and Survivors of Blood Cancer.

Awards will be a maximum of $750,000 each, over 3 years. 

The due date for Letters of Intent is September 15, 2023. 

You can find the RFPs and more information at LLS.org/EquityinAccess.

Contact researchprograms@lls.org with any questions