Research Enrichment and Collaboration Help (REACH)

Funding Application

Funding Opportunities Website


Applications must be submitted to the College of Medicine Office of Research within four months of receiving reviews from an external agency. If the final decision on an application has been delayed beyond the four-month period, an exception to the deadline may be considered.


Please complete all required fields with the applicant's information and combine supporting documentation into a single pdf. Attach the pdf to this application and click submit.


Required Supporting Documentation

  1. REACH Program Funding Form.
  2. Download and complete the REACH Program Funding Form.
  3. The budget must be reviewed and approved by the lead department administrator with their signature at the bottom
  4. Letter of Support from Department Chair
  5. Department Chair or relevant Vice-Chair letter of support that includes details and confirmation of matching funds.
  6. Current NIH Biosketch
  7. Original External Application
  8. The original external application, including original unedited priority scores, agency comments, and pay line information.
  9. Resubmission Justification
  10. A two-page description of the research necessary to address the agency reviewers’ concerns and strengthen the planned resubmission, as well as how your use of REACH funding will lead to funding success.


Questions? Contact Sabrina Brewer at sabrina.brewer@uky.edu

Application Instructions

Please complete this application on your laptop or desktop computer.


You may not save and return to this application.

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Section 1: Faculty Personnel Data

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Section 2: Funding Request

Maximum available is $35,000.

Must match COM requested funds 1:1. For example, If the COM requested funding is $10,000, then the department needs to match it at $10,000.

UK COM Office of Research funds + department, center, Alliance, RPA, or other unit funds

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Section 3: Grant Information

Including supported effort.

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Section 4: Supporting Documentation

Please attach the required supporting documents as one combined PDF and check each box below to confirm you have included all documents.


Please adhere to the specified naming convention below and single file format PDF to assist leadership in reviewing your application.


PDF file name: Applicant Last Name, First Name - MAINS Application - MM-DD-YYYY

Combined PDF must be less than 30 MB. If it is larger than 30 MB, please attach separate files.

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