Federal Research Agency Policy Changes - reminder

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research reminds the research community about our website which contains updates on federal research agency policy changes. We encourage researchers to contact the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP), by emailing NotifyOPS@uic.edu, if you have either received a direct communication from a funding agency and/or if your research is experiencing impacts from these policy changes.

Please continue to monitor the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) website on the ‘2025 Administration Transition Information & Resources’ as these rapid changes are occurring.

We also encourage the research community to familiarize yourself with the Facilities & Administration Costs information as a federal judge recently (as of March 5, 2025) issued a preliminary injunction against the funding cuts.

Grants Applications

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) extramural NEXUS’s blog post shared a guided video tour of a typical NIH Notice of Funding Opportunity.

Another extramural NEXUS post provides instructions to signing officials and principal investigators who are away from the office on how to ‘Delegate Your Tasks in eRA Commons’.

Responsible Conduct of Research

Next month’s Responsible of Conduct of Research (RCR) Workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, April 8, 2025, from 11:30am – 12:30pm in B8 PHARM (Basement, College of Pharmacy building), located at 833 South Wood Street on the West Campus. Nancy Freitag, Professor and Head, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, will be presenting on ‘Loose Lips Sink Relationships - the Importance of Confidentiality in Peer Review’. A light lunch will be provided, please be sure to register and cancel your registration if you are unable to attend.