UIC Innovation awards $275,000 to support translational research
Eleven projects with high commercialization potential selected for 2022 CTRI Awards
UIC Innovation awarded $275,000 to help UIC researchers prove the viability of their ideas and advance their projects towards commercialization through the Chancellor's Translational Research Initiative (CTRI). This year's CTRI award recipients are developing emerging technologies to help diagnose and treat disease and advancing other life-saving discoveries.
Since its inception in 2018, the CTRI program has awarded $1.15 million to support translational research at UIC. The program provides up to $25,000 to help prepare early-stage projects for licensing and startup opportunities.
Meet this year's CTRI awardees:
Steven Ackerman
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Leslie Aldrich
Department of Chemistry
Michael Caffrey
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Ali Djalilian
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Michael Johnson
Center for Biomolecular Sciences
Andre Kajdacsy-Balla
Department of Pathology
Jan Kitajewski
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Mathew Mathew
Department of Biomedical Science
John Monaghan
Department of Anthropology
Sojin Shikano
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Mladen Vidovich
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine
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CTRI is a critical component of UIC’s innovation pipeline. It supports the development of disruptive technologies across a wide range of areas – from therapeutics and medical devices to engineering technologies. Successful completion of the CTRI program often leads to additional funding opportunities and enables UIC researchers to continue towards commercialization.
The program is supported by the UIC Innovation Fund, which was established to advance the commercialization of technologies developed by UIC faculty, staff and students. The fund is managed by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Innovation in partnership with the Office of Technology Management.