College of Design home pageabout our collegeprogramsstudentsfaculty & stafffriends & alumnicommitteesgrants & fellowshipsfaculty policies & resources
image: oats

Associate Dean for Research

The Office of the Associate Dean for Research provides support for the College of Design's research enterprise and oversight of its funded graduate programs.

The Office seeks to enhance the strength and viability of design research by identifying new research opportunities, developing collaborations, and establishing partnerships between faculty, research staff, government, design professionals, and industry.

The Office seeks to expand research incentives, including student assistant support and increased faculty release time and to establish and promote research initiatives through internally sponsored research programs. The College of Design encourages its faculty to engage in scholarly and research activities. While this research initiative funding process gives priority to junior faculty, all full-time faculty will be considered and therefore, are encouraged to apply.

Strategic Directions

The College of Design's faculty conducts substantive, innovative, and original research contributing to the theoretical and methodological foundation of the design world and disseminates this knowledge through teaching, publication, and practice.

The College's research focus is pluralistic in nature and presents an array of creative scholarship ranging from design competitions and commissions, peer-reviewed scholarly publications, applied research and design as well as funded research priorities are aligned with those identified by the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Office of the New Economy that afford Kentucky the best opportunity to build research excellence around which related research avenues can emerge and grow.

Representative research from the College of Design:

Associate Dean of Research

Gregory A. Luhan
859-257-6568
gregory.luhan@uky.edu

College Grants Officer

Mike Gabbard
859-257-2496
mgabb2@email.uky.edu


Opportunities

The Branch for the Study of the United States, Office of Academic Exchange Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, invites proposal submissions for the design and implementation of approximately 15 Study of the United States Institutes for Student Leaders under five different themes.
http://exchanges.state.gov/media/pdfs/rfgps/rfgp12032009.pdf

New Era Rural Technology Competitive Grants Program
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/new_era.html

Call for Applications: Design Project Vienna - International Ideas Competition
www.designprojectvienna.at

Call for Applications: Design Project Vienna - International Ideas Competition
http://www.edra.org/resources-mainmenu-32/career-opportunities-mainmenu-297/460-call-for-applications-design-project-vienna-international-ideas-competition

ARCC CFP: Envisioning Sustainable Urban Futures
Call for papers, posters and workshops
 For further information contact:
Jeremy Voorhees, Associate Editor, ARCC Journal: voorhj@temple.edu

DCC10 Fourth International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition
Call for papers, posters and workshops
http://mason.gmu.edu/~jgero/conferences/dcc10/

Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe) 2010 First Call for Papers
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/

The 8th International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies: CCCT 2010 (April 6-9 - Orlando, Florida, USA)
http://www.2010iiisconferences.org/CCCT

Urban Transport 2010: Call for Papers from WIT
Wessex Institute of Technology, UK
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/urban2010rem2.html

Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI)
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09606
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=XsXcKF
3VYPJH6szfG2hZfFTZfkFLv1gZQp548Xc9Jh11DGRsNvLT!821461222?oppId=49083&mode=VIEW<

CGP ETF 2009 Energy Research Competition for Joint U.S.-Estonian Research Teams
United States Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) and Estonian Science Foundation
http://www.crdf.org/funding/funding_show.htm?doc_id=1014817

Interdisciplinary Research (IDR)
National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503439

First Call for Papers The Second International Conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Development
The Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab World (CSAAR)
http://www.csaar-center.org/conference/saud010

America's Media Makers Development Grants
National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AmMediaMakers_development.html

America's Historical and Cultural Organizations Planning Grants
National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AHCO_PlanningGuidelines.html

America's Historical and Cultural Organizations Implementation Grants
National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AHCO_ImplementationGuidelines.html

Residential Research Fellowship
ROBERT PENN WARREN CENTER FOR THE HUMANIITIES, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/rpw_center

American Council of Learned Societies
The ACLS Fellowship Program invites research applications in all disciplines of the humanities and humanities-related social sciences. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant.
Link to Full Announcement

Residential Research Fellowship
ROBERT PENN WARREN CENTER FOR THE HUMANIITIES, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/rpw_center

NEA Literature Translation Projects Fellowships, FY2011
http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/LitTranslation/index.html

Call For Papers: Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design
http://www.simaud.org/

Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR); Building EPSCoR-State/National Laboratory Partnerships
Chicago Service Center
The purpose of DOE/EPSCoR program is to enhance the capabilities of academic and industrial institutions in designated EPSCoR jurisdictions to conduct nationally competitive, energy-related research. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement is to call for applications that advance fundamental energy oriented scientific and engineering research partnerships with the National Laboratories. Participation by students and/or postdoctoral fellows is required.
Announcement Number: DE-PS02-09ER09-11
Closing Date: Nov 09, 2009
Link to Full Announcement

Grants for Arts Writers
The Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program supports individual writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art through grants ranging from 3,000 to 50,000 USD.
Link to Full Announcement

Rural Housing and Economic Development Program
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
The purpose of the Rural Housing and Economic Development program is to provide support for innovative housing and economic development activities in rural areas. The funds made available under this program will be awarded competitively through a selection process conducted by HUD in accordance with the HUD Reform Act.
Announcement Number: FR-5300-N-04
Closing Date: May 29, 2009
Link to Full Announcement

Urban Long-Term Research Area (ULTRA) Exploratory Awards (ULTRA-Ex)
National Science Foundation
The Urban Long-Term Research Areas: Exploratory Research Projects (ULTRA-Ex) competition will provide support to enable teams of scientists and practitioners to conduct interdisciplinary research on the dynamic interactions between people and natural ecosystems in urban settings in ways that will advance both fundamental and applied knowledge.
Announcement Number: nsf09551
Closing Date: July 07, 2009
Link to Full Announcement

MacArthur Foundation Announces New Housing Research Grant Program
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is accepting proposals for a new competitive research program to determine whether the policy case for affordable housing can be strengthened by rigorous empirical research that determines whether and how housing affects the well-being of families, children, communities, and their local economies.
Complete program information.

Clean Energy Application Centers - National Energy Laboratory.
The instructions for completing the application package are contained in the full text of the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) which can be obtained at: https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/

Save America's Treasures - National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
Link to full announcement: http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures/index.htm

University Turbine Systems Research Program - National Energy Technology Laboratory
Link to full announcement: https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/

Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse - National Energy Technology Laboratory
Link to full announcement: https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/

SEP Formula Grants - Recovery Act - National Energy Technology Laboratory
Link to full announcement: http://www.epa.gov/innovation/symposium-solicitation.pdf