{"id":29448,"date":"2026-01-14T11:54:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29448"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:54:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:54:56","slug":"chancellors-translational-research-initiative-now-open-for-submissions","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/chancellors-translational-research-initiative-now-open-for-submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Chancellor\u2019s Translational Research Initiative Now Open for Submissions"},"template":"","news_categories":[17,18],"news_tags":[],"class_list":["post-29448","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-grants","news_categories-research"],"acf":{"intro_text_subtitle":"","hide_subtitle":false,"intro_text_body":"<p>The Chancellor\u2019s Translational Research Initiative is officially open for submissions. This program provides up to $25,000 per project to help UIC researchers advance promising innovations toward commercialization and real-world impact.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Program snapshot<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>Funding amount:<\/strong>\u00a0Up to\u00a0<strong>$25,000<\/strong>\u00a0per project.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Project duration:<\/strong>\u00a0Four months.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong>\u00a0Full-time UIC faculty, staff and researchers with an invention disclosure (or commitment to submit one) through the\u00a0UIC Office of Technology Management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Demonstrated potential for commercialization or licensing.<\/li>\n<li>Clear plan for advancing technology readiness.<\/li>\n<li>Alignment with UIC innovation goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Restrictions<\/strong>:\u00a0Funds\u00a0cannot be used for salary, except graduate assistant\/hourly student wages<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Why apply?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Accelerate your innovation toward market readiness.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare for future funding opportunities.<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen your commercialization strategy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For full details, eligibility requirements and application guidelines, visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fclick%2Fgjt9lk%2F495fs05d%2Fsc0ves&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cagupt55%40groute.uic.edu%7Cb86e43faab7c4da334e008de4c77fa24%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C639032275386226914%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=RrlIC7o4AaMyGgGnCmTCSesTyVwd4oYGaSATu2eaZtQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ft.e2ma.net%252Fclick%252Fgjt9lk%252F495fs05d%252Fsc0ves%26data%3D05%257C02%257Cagupt55%2540groute.uic.edu%257Cb86e43faab7c4da334e008de4c77fa24%257Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%257C0%257C0%257C639032275386226914%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DRrlIC7o4AaMyGgGnCmTCSesTyVwd4oYGaSATu2eaZtQ%253D%26reserved%3D0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1768492559780000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3wVBHDlB0yPxa3TtO2guCG\">Office of Technology Management website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","intro_text_excerpt":"","content_author":"","content_sticky":false,"intro_text_include_image":false,"news_include_thumbnail":false,"components":false,"SEO_meta_description":""},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29455,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29448\/revisions\/29455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=29448"},{"taxonomy":"news_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tags?post=29448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}