AY 2025-2026

UIS OUTSTANDING MASTER’S THESIS/PROJECT AWARD

Nomination Guidelines:

Each graduate faculty member at UI

Therkildsen Grants for Faculty-Student Collaborative Research

The Therkildsen Field Station at Emiquon (TFSE) welcomes UIS academics (both faculty and students) to submit collaborative research projects in and around the Emiquon Preserve. For more information on this please visit this website: Therkildsen Student Grants

Graduate Student Research grant program

Support for graduate student research, including funding for research supplies and travel to present at professional conferences, is available through the Graduate Student Research grant program.

Graduate Student Research (GSR) fund program application materials.

UIS enhances students’ educational experience and encourages their success and professional development by providing some support for student research. Funding is typically intended to help offset expenses such as research supplies and travel to present research projects or papers at professional conferences. A good first step is to talk to your advisor or faculty mentor. Also, UIS supports student’s academic success through various initiatives such as the Learning Assistant Program.

Annual Report and Disclosure of Non-University Activities

External activities that enhance academic staff members’ professional skills or constitute public service can benefit the University as well as the individual. However, because such activities can lead to conflicts of commitment or interest, they must be measured and monitored. The reporting of non-university activities (RNUA) process provides a mechanism for the academic staff to annual disclose these external activities.

Subcontractors and PHS Sponsored Research Responsibilities

Effective August 24, 2012, the Public Health Service (PHS) including the National Institute of Health (NIH) and other funding organizations that have adopted the PHS policy and regulations, changed its policies regarding financial conflict of interest (FCOI).  The University is now required to obtain information related to proposed and current PHS-sponsored research subrecipients, which includes subcontractors and consortium members.

COCI Reporting

Each of the three universities and the System Offices conduct a coordinated annual disclosure and review process for conflicts of commitment and interest among its academic staff members to meet the requirements of law and of research sponsors.  These processes are conducted through the University’s online reporting tool, START myDisclosures, using the Report of Non-University Activities (RNUA) and myFCOI Checklist.

Research safety is of priority at the University of Illinois Springfield. Safety is the responsibility of everyone on campus: faculty, staff, and students.  The safety roles for each member of the institution are described in the policies and procedures of the Research Safety program.

Instructional and Research Safety Board

The Instructional and Research Safety Board is responsible for oversight of the campus research safety program.

ALL investigators, students, and research staff conducting human subjects research must complete CORE IRB training and education requirements prior to submitting a Human Subjects Research Application to the Institutional Review Board (IRB). Continuing education training is required every 3 years thereafter.  Research will not be approved until the training requirements are met and documented by Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.

Human Research Protection Program

Introduction

The University of Illinois at Springfield Institutional Review Board (IRB) operates under policies and procedures mandated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office for Human Research Protections. These policies are available for review at the Office for Human Research Protections. (Update: The federal “Common Rule” was revised on 19 January 2017 and effective 21 January 2019.