mission
Research is fundamental to the mission of the University of Illinois Chicago and to the success of its faculty, staff, undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and clinical researchers. The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research advances and safeguards all research at UIC to facilitate the discoveries that change the world.
| Vice Chancellor for Research
UIC researcher published in Nature
Peter Toth, Director of the UIC Fluorescence Imaging Core, is a co-author of a recent article published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.
UIC leads new collaborative to reduce COVID-19 disparities
The University of Illinois Chicago has been selected by the National Institutes of Health as the principal site of a multi-center collaborative in the Chicago area that will bolster research and outreach to help communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19.
$2.8M NIH grant for research on cancer and AI
Computer scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago are developing a computational artificial intelligence system they hope will serve as a decision support tool for doctors prescribing treatment for head and neck cancer. The work is supported by a $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Announcements and Events
Submission Deadline for IRB 1 Meeting July 7, 2021
Submission Deadline for IRB 2 Meeting July 8, 2021
UIC Library Summer Series on Systematic Searching: Our Experience Conducting a Scoping Review
Submission Deadline for IRB 3 Meeting July 13, 2021
Research News
- Researchers discover foam ‘fizzics’
- UIC project details history of urban displacement in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood
- Solving a murder case with physics
- ‘Wonder material’ can be used to detect COVID-19 quickly, accurately
- UIC research identifies potential pathways to treating alcohol use disorder, depression
OVCR Facts
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#4 ranking in sponsored research among Hispanic-Serving Institutions -Higher Education Research & Development (HERD) Survey
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$410.8M FY 2020 Funded Awards
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$83M COVID-19 Awards