This section contains resources for career development such as the preparation of the CV, promotion and tenure information and faculty awards at UIC.

This CV template (DOC 159 KB) is based on the AAMC template (and also includes some categories relevant for UIC’s Promotion and Tenure Applications) intended to assist in both tracking key professional activities and accomplishments, and keeping records of the information that is useful to Promotion and Tenure applications (such as listings of trainees, service activities, etc). This template was designed as a resource and should be tailored for each individual’s needs. You may choose instead to use the AAMC template (DOC 62 KB). The AAMC has some helpful tips on CVs, teaching portfolios, biosketches and executive summaries.

NIH Biosketch

NIH provides a form for the biosketch (DOC 46 KB). Here is a sample of a completed biosketch (PDF 48 KB) and here is another sample NIH biosketch (PDF 90 KB) (note: in both samples, the first page is the blank form and the samples follow).

Promotion and Tenure

Promotion and Tenure application information, forms, and deadlines are available through the Faculty Affairs website. Please also visit the site for more information on P&T policies including information on tenure rollbacks.

Faculty Awards

The University of Illinois has several faculty awards. For a list and details, please go to the Faculty Affairs website.

Faculty Affairs

The UIC Faculty Affairs office website covers other related topics.

Faculty Development

UIC College of Medicine, Office of Faculty Development offers Faculty Mentoring, Health and Wellness, Career Development programs.

Impact Factors and Citation Reports

Sandra De Groote did a workshop on how to increase the impact of your research and published works (including how to do citation reports). If you want help finding impact factors, getting citation reports, or have any questions about the summary linked here, contact Cindy.

View the workshop summary (PDF 220 KB).

If you have trouble finding Impact Scores for journals, they may be indexed in SCImago. SCImago lists SJR scores which are derived using the same formula as impact scores. However, SJR scores were created as a means of overcoming some of the shortcomings of impact scores. For more information on the differences between impact scores and SJR, see:

Falagas ME, Kouranos VD, Arencibia-Jorge R, Karageorgopoulos DE. Comparison of SCImago journal rank indicator with journal impact factor. The FASEB Journal. 2008;22(8):2623.

Impact scores and SJR scores are not directly comparable; SJR scores tend to be lower. For example, the SJR score for the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology is .354, as compared to the impact factor of 4.357.

For comparison purposes the highest SJR score within Obstetrics and Gynecology is .807 for the journal Human Reproduction Update.

• Communicating Science: Giving Talks - Series of career development guides

UIC has many resources to help with all the phases of research – from planning to presenting. Here you will find resources to help with planning and implementing research as well as with data analytic help.

• Overview of resources on campus (PDF 2.4 MB)

The UIC library offers access to on-line journals and search engines, in addition to having a wealth of books and print journals. The library also allows access to the Cochrane database.

The Library also has a free on-line reference manager, Refworks, that (like the software Endnote) enables researchers to upload lit searches into a database directly from search engines (such as pubmed, medline, google scholar) that can be organized to fit the researcher’s needs, and citations can be exported to create reference lists for publications and manuscripts.

Need help finding something? Use our tutorial (PDF 759 KB) on how to find articles (including how to find electronic versions of articles) using google scholar.

Sumitting a request

To submit a service request, visit the request webpage and submit the appropriate form for your needs. You should get a response within 1-2 weeks.

Design & Analysis Core

The Design and Analysis Core (DAC) of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science is now offering complete consultative services to all clinical and translational investigators in the conceptualization, design, conduct, and analysis of their research studies.

Clinical Interface Core

The Clinical Interface Core and its Clinical Research Center (CRC) at UIC provides a comfortable, safe and effective environment to conduct research involving human subjects. This is achieved by providing the necessary environment, equipment and personnel to optimize research goals. The CIC fosters education in clinical research at all levels of training.

Biomedical Informatics Core (BI)

The Biomedical Informatics (BI) Core provides the informatics infrastructure, clinical research data resources, and informatics services required in the translation of research from bench to bedside to community and back again. Staff of the BI Core assist investigators and CCTS personnel with the development of databases, clinical decision support tools, clinical informatics, biomedical informatics, and web-based tools. BI faculty and staff have expertise in research database design, clinical informatics, software development, cyber environment development, computational genomics and proteomics.

Regulatory Support and Advocacy Core (RSAC)

The CCTS Regulatory Support and Advocacy Core (RSAC) offers a variety of services to assist investigators with the administrative activities involved in meeting the regulatory requirements for research involving human subjects. The RSAC serves as a liaison between the IRB, investigators, and research staff, both at UIC and CCTS partner organizations. The Core’s aim is to provide centralized, accessible regulatory support, advice and guidance.

Community Engagement and Research Core ( CERC )

The Community Engagement and Research Core builds new and augment established collaborative research partnerships among UIC investigators, health services collaborators and community partners to create an expanded community-centered research agenda.

Translational Research Academy (TRA)

The TRA is responsible for providing access to basic resources and advanced technologies to augment clinical and translational research. The core provides contact information and direct access to many of the resources (shared campus facilities, instrumentation, services, and protocols) available at UIC. We also provide referrals to the clinical community of new and unique technologies available from the laboratories of individual cross-campus investigators to enhance innovative research. These interactions foster cross-discipline collaborations that are critical for “proof-of-concept” experiments, and enable multi-department and cross-college research program projects.

Below, please find information on how to find funds to support your research, and also information on NIH resources, and grant-writing.

• Fundsnet has a list of foundations that offer research support.
• OVCR at UIC is a good resource for funding opportunities.
• UIUC’s library has a list of resources for the University of Illinois Community.
• The Society for Women’s Health Research has women’s health-specific research support information.
• The Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s NIHCD website lists women’s health research opportunities as does the US Department of Health and Human Services.
• Grants.gov is another good resource.

NIH Resources

• For faculty in our department, documents explaining the NIH grant Process, tips on preparing and NIH grant proposal, and sample NIH grants are on our shared drive (G:) in the faculty folder. Here is a link to a standard institutional information potentially needed for NIH and other grants.

Additional NIH resources.

• NIH’s US National Library of Medicine has a list of tutorials on their website.
• The US Department of Health and Human Services has useful tips on NIH grant writing. Dr. Bill Hay of the University of Colorado Medical School’s presentation (PDF 2.2 MB) on writing an NIH grant may be helpful.
• The NIH website is a wealth of information, including explanations of the different types of grants available (R, K, T, F & P).

NIH Peer Review Process

• There are several valuable resources for understanding the process by which NIH grant applications are reviewed, and ultimately awarded or rejected. Here are a few that may be of use as you go through the process:
• A humorous, yet informative, powerpoint by Dr. Coehlo of Stanford University.
• This video by the NIH on the peer review process and tips for applicants can be useful as well.
• Guidelines given to CSR NIH peer reviewers and guidelines for USDHHS NIH reviewers (there is significant overlap between the resources on these pages).
• USDHHS’s description of the peer review process (including what the impact/priority scores mean).

Grant-Writing

• The OVCR offers training on research development and grant writing.

• Institutional Review Board Website
• IRB Forms
• IRB Meeting Dates

There are 2 IRB Boards. To determine which meeting is the best one for your proposal, first determine which Board will review it:

• IRB 1 – Biomedical and Biological Science Research
• IRB 2 – Behavioral, Social, and Educational Science Research

IRB Educational Requirements

The IRB requires that every investigator do the IRB 101 training, HIPAA training and obtains 2 IRB continuing education credits every two years. below are links to the initial training and to the continuing education options.

• IRB 101 training
• HIPAA Training
  • ONLY required for investigators and key research personnel who are involved in research utilizing protected health information (PHI).
  • HIPAA taken at other institutions WILL NOT qualify
  • You must attend or complete the online course within the first three (3) months of employment.

IRB Continuing Education

The Office of Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) offers IRB consulting sessions. To request a session click here. See the education calendar for more sessions on research offered by the OVCR.

Style Guides

• UIC Style Guide
• COM Style Guide
• UIHealth Style Guide

Poster Presentations

• Colin Purrington’s blog has useful tips on the design of a scientific poster.
• There are many other places to get your poster printed such as the UIC print shop, Kinko’s, posternerd, or posters4research.

Publications

• ACOG publishes a guide on writing for Obstetrics and Gynecology. Although some of it is specific to publishing in the Green Journal, there is helpful information for writing and publishing within the field.
•  If you need a quick guide to AMA style, read this.
• Here is a tutorial on how to find articles (including how to find electronic versions of articles) using google scholar.  Its from beta version so actual steps may differ when using Google Scholar.