Research and Graduate Studies @ KU

Welcome to the Research and Graduate Studies @ KU newsletter provided by the Office of Research and Graduate Studies. In the May issue:

Grants administration handbook now available
 The Office of Research and Graduate Studies has acquired institutional access to an online resource that should be useful for anyone involved in conducting or administering externally sponsored projects. A Guide to Managing Federal Grants for Colleges and Universities is a virtual electronic handbook on grants administration.

KU Human Subjects Committee reaches applications milestone
The Institutional Review Board has processed more than 17,000 applications for the approval of research protocols.  IRB approval is required whenever a faculty member or student conducts research with human subjects. The 17,000 figure is a milestone for David Hann, coordinator of the Human Subjects Committee in the Office of Research and Graduate Studies. 

Technology transfer offices merge to move research to market
Effective July 1, separate technology transfer offices at the Lawrence and Medical Center campuses will combine to form a new KU Center for Technology Commercialization. The goal is to move the results of KU research out into the marketplace.

KTEC offers workshop for entrepreneurs
The Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC) is sponsoring the PIPELINE Primer June 25-26 in Lenexa.  This intensive workshop compresses a year of learning into a two-day format to move a business to the next level.

New graduate studies duties for John Augusto
Augusto has assumed direct supervision of the Graduate Application Processing Center (GAPC). He will begin several initiatives, including development of an on-line admission process to match KU’s existing online application process. 

Be aware of pending Turnpike construction
Kansas Turnpike (I-70) reconstruction work will directly affect access to KU. Work near Lawrence begins in June and is expected to continue for three years. University Relations has created a guide with maps and directions to Lawrence during construction. 

Researchers & grad students in the news

• Researcher named to National Institutes of Health advisory council
• Pharmacy student wins national and state awards for leadership, service
• KU establishes autism research center
• Researchers study efficiency of road project
• Distinguished professor urges drug firms to create new generation of antibiotics
• Awards given to outstanding graduate teaching assistants
• KU, Haskell students present research projects at symposium
• Graduate student's public art project to go on display in Kansas City
• Kansas Geological Survey to update maps of four central Kansas counties
• KU computer science graduate student wins federal SMART fellowship
• Cancer Center receives $2 million endowed professorship
• Researchers to establish model center on language and early literacy development

Research administration

• Research Administration FAQ's
• KU announces 22 Undergraduate Research Award winners
• More than 70 undergraduates present research at symposium

Upcoming events
A calendar of events of interest to the research and graduate studies community.

Important links
The May Funding Opportunities Bulletin is online now.

Do we have you covered? Research published in peer-reviewed journals is university news and we want to know about it ASAP. If you have a publication coming up, please contact the Office of University Relations or the Office of Research and Graduate Studies. You and your hard work deserve recognition.