Student Development Research Awards (SDRA)
Student Development Research Awards (SDRA) support Kentucky undergraduates in faculty-mentored biomedical research that builds research skills and prepares them for the biomedical workforce.
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Funder: Kentucky IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence
Due Dates: March 12, 2027 (Letter of Intent) | March 29, 2027 (Completed proposal)
Funding Amounts: Up to $10,000 in direct costs for one year, plus allowable F&A costs
Summary: Supports undergraduate students conducting faculty-mentored biomedical research at their home institutions in Kentucky.
Key Information: Faculty mentors at the University of Louisville and University of Kentucky are not eligible.
Description
The Student Development Research Awards (SDRA) program, administered by Kentucky INBRE, supports promising undergraduates in high-quality, faculty-mentored biomedical research at their home institutions. It advances the NIH objective of increasing undergraduate participation in biomedical, clinical, behavioral and social sciences research, particularly at primarily undergraduate institutions.
Projects combine hands-on research with structured mentoring and career development to build students’ research capabilities and support progression into the biomedical workforce. Students participate in experimental design, execution, analysis and dissemination of results. The research training and career development plans describe supervision, milestones and preparation for the next stage of each student’s research career. Preliminary data are not required.
