News and Announcements OVCR News and Announcements The AY21 Effort Reporting System is Now Open Posted on October 15, 2021 Postdoctoral Research Associate--Multiethnic Digital Humanities Project--Inst for Humanities Posted on September 23, 2021 BRL Director, Dr. Jeff Fortman, Recipient of 2021 UIC Award of Merit Posted on September 20, 2021 NIH Multi-Factor Authentication for PIs and Senior/Key Personnel Posted on September 13, 2021 Post-Doc Research Associate in Child Oral Health Disparities Posted on September 03, 2021 OPRS Announces Merger of Biomedical and Biological Sciences IRBs Posted on August 04, 2021 UIC: Fiscal Year 2022 Provisional Fringe Benefit Rates Posted on August 03, 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow: Cancer Center Posted on July 15, 2021 Postdoc Research Associate: Cancer Center Posted on July 15, 2021 Advanced training is available in inflammation, cell signaling, stem cells, regenerative medicine, imaging, bioinformatics, epigenetics, cell and molecular biology Posted on May 20, 2021 Call for Proposals - Civic Engagement Research Fund Awards for FY22 Posted on May 06, 2021 Important Changes to the NIH Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Page [Effective 05/25/2021] Posted on March 23, 2021 COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: Public Awareness Campaign Contest Posted on March 11, 2021 NBC 5 Investigates: Searching The Sewers For COVID-19 at the Cook County Jail Posted on March 04, 2021 Thousands of Chicagoans receive COVID-19 vaccine at UIC arena Posted on February 18, 2021 Operation Vaccine Town Hall Posted on February 04, 2021 Updated Campus COVID-19 Vaccine Information Posted on February 02, 2021 COVID-19 and Human Subject Research Posted on January 29, 2021 New Triennial Training Requirement for All Animal Researchers Using Rodents Posted on January 21, 2021 Campus COVID-19 Vaccine Information Posted on January 15, 2021 UIC reports record $410 million in annual sponsored research awards Posted on January 14, 2021 Physician Sunshine Act Data Reporting Expansion Posted on December 23, 2020 Preparing for Spring Semester 2021 Posted on December 08, 2020 U of I System, Hebrew University launch collaborative R&D teams Posted on December 04, 2020 UI System Rising to the Challenge: A Podcast Posted on November 12, 2020 Pilot funding for Equitable Collaborations between UIC faculty focused on Racial Justice and COVID-19 and Community Scholar/Researcher Posted on October 29, 2020 Call for Michael Reese Pioneer in Research Awards at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Posted on October 28, 2020 COVID-19 Human Subjects Research Studies FAQs Posted on October 22, 2020 UIC CS Professors Andy Johnson & Barbara Di Eugenio received new NSF grant on democratizing visual analysis Posted on October 13, 2020 Dr. Cemal Yazici receives NIH U Award for study on pancreatitis in African Americans and Hispanics Posted on October 07, 2020 UIC Innovation Fund to support commericialization of UIC-based technologies Posted on October 07, 2020 New Catalyst Awards Announced Posted on October 05, 2020 Chicago Biological Consortium Awards $1.5 Million for COVID-19 Research Posted on October 05, 2020 AY 2020-2021 Report of Non-University Activities (RNUA) Posted on September 21, 2020 Electronic Signature for Informed Consent is now available Posted on September 03, 2020 UIC Vaccine Study Opens Posted on August 24, 2020 Traveling Abroad with Electronic Devices and UIC-Owned Research Data Posted on August 14, 2020 New! Single Sign On for OPRS Live Posted on August 13, 2020 UIC: Fiscal Year 2021 Provisional Fringe Benefit Rates Posted on August 06, 2020 NIH Upcoming Changes to the Notice of Award (NoA) Beginning October 1, 2020 Posted on July 31, 2020 3i Project Update Posted on July 09, 2020 Human Subjects Research Restart Posted on June 22, 2020 CCTS 2020 NOA Campus Announcement Posted on June 22, 2020 FAQ: Is it possible to obtain informed consent remotely due to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency? Posted on June 10, 2020 FAQs: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Human Subjects Research at UIC - Updated June 9, 2020 Posted on June 03, 2020 Animals at University Research Labs Still Get Care During the Pandemic Posted on June 01, 2020 Dr. Richard Novak - UIC Remdesivir Clinical Trial Patient and Expert Story on ABC7 10pm News Posted on May 27, 2020 Dr. Andrew Boyd Quoted in COVID-19 Related Articles Posted on May 26, 2020 New Sign In Process for CITI Training Posted on May 14, 2020 Information for Campus Research Restart Posted on April 28, 2020 CCTS Pilot Funding for COVID-19 Posted on April 14, 2020 Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research UPDATE – Friday, March 20, 2020 - 5:25pm Posted on March 20, 2020 Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research UPDATE – March 19, 2020, 4:25pm Posted on March 19, 2020 COVID-19 Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research Update - March 17, 2020 Posted on March 17, 2020 COVID-19 Message to UIC Research Community Posted on March 16, 2020 COVID-19 Specific Response Information Posted on March 16, 2020 NIH and NSF COVID-19 Guidance Posted on March 12, 2020 EVENT CANCELED - 2020 Impact and Research Day – Wednesday, April 1, 2020 Posted on March 12, 2020 Protocols Requiring Investigational Drug Service (IDS) Review Posted on March 04, 2020 External IRBs and Reliance Agreements Posted on February 27, 2020 Process Change: Submission of protocols reviewed by External IRBs via OPRS Live Posted on February 27, 2020 Researcher, Scholar and Inventor of the Year Awards Posted on February 20, 2020 IRB Fees Posted on January 31, 2020 Recipients of Awards for Creative Activity Posted on January 28, 2020 Executive Director of the Office of Sponsored Programs Posted on November 20, 2019 RFA - CHER Chicago Pilot Project Program, 2020-2021 Posted on November 05, 2019 UIC AY19 Effort Reporting Posted on October 17, 2019 Forms and Policies Updates - 11/01/2019 Posted on October 14, 2019 New Investigator Training Requirement: Information Privacy and Security (IPS) Training for Researchers Posted on October 02, 2019 Research News Researchers identify protein that prevents serious brain damage, reduces risk of fatal HSV-1 infection Posted on October 14, 2021 Adults with asthma needed for healthy diet study Posted on October 13, 2021 Research review shows intermittent fasting works for weight loss, health changes Posted on October 11, 2021 UIC to welcome 75 potential postdoctoral researchers for virtual campus visit Posted on October 04, 2021 Mitigating lung damage, mortality due to SARS-CoV-2 Posted on October 04, 2021 Helping teens with disabilities prevent and treat depression, anxiety Posted on September 30, 2021 New finding offers promise in researching depression together with obesity Posted on September 28, 2021 UIC researchers find evidence of possible link between herpes simplex and neurodegenerative diseases Posted on September 13, 2021 Study shows contact with police may be detrimental to health, well-being of Black youth Posted on September 09, 2021 Combining sunlight and wastewater nitrate to make the world’s No. 2 chemical Posted on September 08, 2021
Postdoctoral Research Associate--Multiethnic Digital Humanities Project--Inst for Humanities Posted on September 23, 2021
Advanced training is available in inflammation, cell signaling, stem cells, regenerative medicine, imaging, bioinformatics, epigenetics, cell and molecular biology Posted on May 20, 2021
Important Changes to the NIH Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Page [Effective 05/25/2021] Posted on March 23, 2021
NBC 5 Investigates: Searching The Sewers For COVID-19 at the Cook County Jail Posted on March 04, 2021
New Triennial Training Requirement for All Animal Researchers Using Rodents Posted on January 21, 2021
Pilot funding for Equitable Collaborations between UIC faculty focused on Racial Justice and COVID-19 and Community Scholar/Researcher Posted on October 29, 2020
Call for Michael Reese Pioneer in Research Awards at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Posted on October 28, 2020
UIC CS Professors Andy Johnson & Barbara Di Eugenio received new NSF grant on democratizing visual analysis Posted on October 13, 2020
Dr. Cemal Yazici receives NIH U Award for study on pancreatitis in African Americans and Hispanics Posted on October 07, 2020
UIC Innovation Fund to support commericialization of UIC-based technologies Posted on October 07, 2020
FAQ: Is it possible to obtain informed consent remotely due to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency? Posted on June 10, 2020
FAQs: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Human Subjects Research at UIC - Updated June 9, 2020 Posted on June 03, 2020
Dr. Richard Novak - UIC Remdesivir Clinical Trial Patient and Expert Story on ABC7 10pm News Posted on May 27, 2020
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research UPDATE – Friday, March 20, 2020 - 5:25pm Posted on March 20, 2020
Process Change: Submission of protocols reviewed by External IRBs via OPRS Live Posted on February 27, 2020
New Investigator Training Requirement: Information Privacy and Security (IPS) Training for Researchers Posted on October 02, 2019
Researchers identify protein that prevents serious brain damage, reduces risk of fatal HSV-1 infection Posted on October 14, 2021
Research review shows intermittent fasting works for weight loss, health changes Posted on October 11, 2021
UIC to welcome 75 potential postdoctoral researchers for virtual campus visit Posted on October 04, 2021
New finding offers promise in researching depression together with obesity Posted on September 28, 2021
UIC researchers find evidence of possible link between herpes simplex and neurodegenerative diseases Posted on September 13, 2021
Study shows contact with police may be detrimental to health, well-being of Black youth Posted on September 09, 2021
Combining sunlight and wastewater nitrate to make the world’s No. 2 chemical Posted on September 08, 2021