Conflict of Commitment and Interest

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) releases Open Payments data to the public for calendar year 2024 on June 30, 2025. Medical providers and covered recipients are highly encouraged to review the data to ensure consistency between your university Disclosure Profile in UIC Research COI and activities reported in Open Payments. Further information is available online, or you can contact the COCI Office for assistance (coi@uic.edu).

The annual Outside Activity disclosure period will begin August 18, 2025 with a completion deadline of September 22, 2025. The research community is reminded that pre-approval of any new activity or international travel related to an outside activity is required in the UIC Research COI system. Help sessions and training will be announced soon.

Research Security and Integrity

The research security and integrity (RSI) training is available for those individuals who have been hired since the training was initiated on April 1, 2025. Individuals who missed the May 31, 2025 deadline are highly encouraged to complete the training immediately. All faculty members, staff, investigators, personnel, students, trainees, fellows, visitors and volunteers who participate or intend to participate in sponsored research are required to complete the training. The RSI webpage and instruction sheet should answer most questions for enrolling and completing the training. The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has begun to review new awards and renewals for compliance before the award can be processed and move forward.

NIH Publication Requirements 

The National Institutes of Health released a notice (NOT-OD-25-101) accelerating the implementation of efforts to make NIH research publicly available. Beginning July 1, 2025, "The NIH Public Access Policy requires the submission of an electronic version of the Author Accepted Manuscript to PubMed Central upon its acceptance for publication for public availability without embargo upon the Official Date of Publication" (NOT-OD-25-047).

Training and Career Development

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grants and Funding website now includes the NIH Research Training and Career Development link. Researchers will ‘still be able to find NIH funding opportunities by career stage or program type, alongside application and policy resources’.