New Faculty Orientation Information
NFO
The Office of Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) provides the UIC community with research administration, research funding opportunities, and research support to advance excellence in research. OVCR also supports the Biologic Resources Laboratory and the Research Resources Center, two facilities offering support to researchers across campus and beyond.
UIC attracts researchers whose scholarship and creativity is of the highest caliber and whose research initiatives encompass diverse spheres: creating and building new technology for a better world; discovering ground breaking advances in health; planning and building better communities; as well as creating knowledge that transforms our views of the world and, through sharing and application, transforms the world. Interdisciplinary research has been a strategic initiative for the campus and reflects a strong direction for research.
Research Development Services (RDS)
RDS disseminates funding opportunity information to the UIC community and provides expertise for Community of Science. RDS offers policy guidance and assistance in seeking external grants, provides training and assistance for center and program grants, and facilitates the Campus Research Board and other seed grant initiatives. RDS coordinates the campus-wide selection of proposals for limited submission opportunities and enables efforts to develop new research initiatives.
Contact: rds@uic.edu
Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP)
OSP supporting the research enterprise throughout the entire lifecycle of an externally sponsored project, from finding funding to proposal submission to award closeout. Sponsored Programs consists of both a pre-award section – identifying funding opportunities, assisting in proposal development and submission, and negotiating the incoming award – and a post-award section responsible for managing awards from account setup through closeout.
Contact: awards@uic.edu or gcopost@uic.edu
Office of Conflict of Commitment & Interest (COI)
The COI Office is responsible for working with faculty, departments and administrators to achieve efficient and effective disclosure, review and management of conflicts of interest or commitment. The COI Office has been fully functional during pandemic and will be fully functional during the return to campus. The only change has been that personnel are typically not available for in-person consultation.
Contact: coi@uic.edu
Export Controls
The Export Control Compliance Office is responsible for implementing policies and procedures in compliance with the laws and regulations governing export controls and for the review of all issues related to export controls at UIC. The Export Controls Compliance Office has been fully functional during pandemic and will be fully functional during the return to campus.
Contact: uicexport@uic.edu
Data Sharing
As researchers come back to campus please be thoughtful for where your data is located, and the commitments given to the funding agencies and scholarly journals for long term preservation and curation. As previously required and has become more critical when working remotely, confirm the data is archived or backup to a university resource, such as UICs supported cloud options(Box, Google Drive, One Drive), Institutional repository (Figshare) INDIGO, college or departmentally supported network drives.
Office of Animal Care and Institutional Biosafety (OACIB)
OACIB provides regulatory oversight, education and guidance on the use of animals, recombinant DNA, and infectious agents. OACIB assists investigators in complying with governmental and university policies regarding the use of animals in research, testing or teaching and in research that involves the use of recombinant DNA and infectious agents. In FY 2017, there were approximately 300 protocols submitted and reviewed. There are currently almost 800 active protocols involving animals used in research, testing, or teaching and 200 active protocols involving rDNA and/or infectious agents or toxins.
Contact: oacib@uic.edu
Office for the Protection of Research Subjects (OPRS)
The Office for the Protection of Research Subjects (OPRS) provides administrative support for the review and approval of research protocols
(experiments) involving humans and human embryonic stem cells (hES). OPRS helps ensure that regulations are adhered to for the protection and welfare of subjects, investigators, and the University. In FY 2017, there were greater than 7,900 submissions. There are currently 3,200 active protocols.
Contact: uicirb@uic.edu
Research Integrity (RI)
Research is a central and highly valued element of the mission of the University of Illinois at Chicago. As such, priority is placed protecting the integrity of the research conducted at UIC. In the event that allegations of research misconduct are reported, OVCR is responsible for implementing the established procedures for impartial fact finding that leads to the fair adjudication of the allegations. OVCR fosters Research Integrity campus-wide by contributing to those educational efforts of departments, colleges and schools related to the Responsible Conduct of Research.
Contact: integrity@uic.edu
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA)
The joint mission of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) & Postdoctoral Association (PDA) is to enhance the postdoc experience at UIC by providing support, creating opportunities, measuring success, and building community.
Contact: postdoc_office@uic.edu
Biologic Resources Laboratory (BRL)
BRL is the centralized animal facility at UIC. The staff of the BRL oversees the procurement, care, and maintenance of animals used in the research, teaching and testing programs conducted at UIC. This includes ensuring that the UIC animal care program meets federal regulations, the requirements of AAALAC, and currently accepted standards for providing adequate veterinary care and proper animal husbandry. The professional staff is also responsible for consulting with research and teaching staff, conducting graduate and technical courses, directing the postdoctoral training program, and supporting the protocol review system of the institution’s IACUC, the Animal Care Committee (ACC). The average daily census for the BRL in FY 2014 was 27,935, in FY15 it was 29,614 and in FY16 it was 38,694, and in FY17 it was 40,078.
Contact: brl@uic.edu
Research Resources Center (RRC)
RRC maintains and supports high-technology scientific equipment for use by research faculty and staff. RRC personnel provide user access to the instruments, training on use of the instruments, and their own service and expertise in the application of the equipment for the purpose of solving of a wide range of problems for chemical, biological and structural characterization. In addition, the availability of computational and statistical services for data handling, interpretation of experimental results and data transfer, together with the accessibility of electronic and mechanical shops further enhance the RRC’s mission of contributing to the research endeavor at UIC.
Contact: rrc@uic.edu