The and the have announced the second cohort of 好色先生inSPIRE fellows. 

好色先生inSPIRE is an internal funding opportunity for 好色先生 faculty, jointly funded by the OVPR and 好色先生IC, intended to stimulate high-impact research projects in any discipline linking 好色先生 faculty and international collaborators and to establish collaborations with new international partner institutions or add greater depth to existing institutional partnerships.

The second year of the program saw a significant 135% increase in the number of 好色先生inSPIRE proposals, representing a wide range of academic disciplines and research fields. An interdisciplinary review committee comprised of faculty and administrative staff representing nine colleges, 好色先生IC and OVPR, provided recommendations to the Vice President for Research, Associate Provost for Internationalization and executive director of International Partnerships and Research.

Based on these recommendations, the following 好色先生inSPIRE projects were selected for support which started July 1: 

  • 鈥淒ata Sonification of Genome Profiles and Mutational Signatures in Human Cancers,鈥 Luke H. Bradley (College of Medicine)
  • 鈥淚nternational Perspectives of Quality of Life and Community Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Community and Domestic Violence,鈥 Bryan Hains (Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment)
  • 鈥淗ow the Governance of Standards and Geopolitics Shape Competition in the Global Economy,鈥 Yujia He (Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce)
  • 鈥淚nequality, Demography and Urban Sustainability at Chich茅n Itz谩, Mexico,鈥 Scott Hutson (College of Arts and Sciences)
  • 鈥淎dvancing Neurophysiological Assessment of Brain Health in Aging Populations: A Collaborative Initiative between Chad and Kentucky,鈥 Yang Jiang (College of Medicine)
  • 鈥淕lobal Studio: Pedagogical Research for new approaches in Design and Fine Arts Education,鈥 Jonathan McFadden (College of Fine Arts)
  • 鈥淭eaching Manifestos: Embedding Values Across Creative Disciplines,鈥 SK O鈥橞rien (College of Design)
  • 鈥淔undamental Insights into Chemical Compounds with Critical Elements,鈥 Dong-Sheng Yang (College of Arts and Sciences) 

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