Chancellor’s Translational Research Initiative application opens
January 5 - February 9, 2026
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Download iCal FileThe Chancellor’s Translational Research Initiative will begin accepting applications starting Jan. 5, 2026. This opportunity offers up to $25,000 per project to help propel early-stage innovations toward commercialization, licensing and startup opportunities.
About the Chancellor’s Translational Research Initiative:
- Funding amount: Up to $25,000, with a four-month project period.
- Purpose: Support for licensing and startup readiness, future funding readiness and progression through UIC’s innovation pipeline.
- Eligibility: Full-time UIC faculty, staff and researchers with an invention disclosure (or commitment to generate one) through the UIC Office of Technology Management.
- Restrictions: Awarded funds cannot be used for salary (except graduate assistant/hourly student wages).
Why apply?
- Advances your project’s technology readiness level.
- Prepares innovations for future funding and commercialization.
- Often serves as a stepping stone to the Proof of Concept Awards program.
Full details — including key dates, criteria and steps — are available on the Chancellor’s Translational Research Initiative (CTRI) | Office of Technology Management | University of Illinois Chicago
Stay tuned for the formal call for applications soon.
Date posted
Dec 17, 2025
Date updated
Dec 17, 2025