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$485.5 Million
Annual Sponsored Research

University of Illinois Chicago

UIC’s Broad Research Portfolio
$205M

in NIH funding

75%

funded by federal sponsors

3,400

projects

Pursuing answers

UIC is among the nation’s top-tier research universities and is Chicago’s only public research institution. Driven by curiosity and a desire to make a positive impact on society, our faculty, staff and students are on a mission to solve real-world problems through innovation and discovery.

Shaping the future

UIC research improves the lives, health and well-being of communities from urban to rural, local to global. Whether it’s discovering new drugs and clean energy solutions or advancing artificial intelligence and robotics, researchers are enhancing how we live and learn.

A Leader in Research
Researcher in a lab with vials

Drug Discovery for All 

UIC researchers partner with community advocates to develop treatments for infectious diseases, cancer and other conditions to improve health outcomes for all populations. 

From the laboratory to the community
Dr. Natalie Reizine, right, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Illinois Cancer Center, discusses the work done at the Vander Griend Lab at UIC with members of her community advisory board, from left, Melvin Thompson, Elverage Allen and Charles Walton. Photo: Anthony Jackson

Research Changing Lives

UIC is among the nation’s 187 top research universities, according to the Carnegie Classification.

Visit the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.