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Stay up to date on the latest projects and collaborations that the CRI is involved with, as well as recent system and service announcements.

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NEWS

REDCap Scheduled Downtime

By News, REDCap

Event: REDCap Scheduled Downtime
Date/Time: Friday, July 25th, 2025, 5PM-6PM CST
Reason: The application will be down for scheduled maintenance.
Who Is Affected: All University of Chicago REDCap users, including non-UChicago external collaborators, mobile app users, API users, survey participants.
Impact: REDCap will be unavailable during this downtime. Unavailability is defined as:

  • Survey links will be inaccessible and will display a ‘REDCap is offline’ message when clicked on.
  • Survey emails and Alerts & Notifications will be halted until the maintenance is complete.
  • API activity will be halted until the maintenance is complete.
  • Mobile app users are strongly encouraged to sync any data on their devices back to their REDCap project before the maintenance begins. Although not recommended, offline data collection may continue in the app during the maintenance, however the online sync process will not be available until the maintenance is complete.

Updates: A message will be posted on this page confirming the maintenance completion and system availability.
Questions? Please email REDCap Support.

FY26 Updated Recharge Rates

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The Center for Research Informatics (CRI) and Bioinformatics Core (BioCore) has updated its service rates for Fiscal Year 2026. Rates are reviewed and subject to change annually in accordance with federal recharge center guidelines.

The updated rates will take effect on July 1, 2025, and are now available for review in our price guide on the CRI website. If you have any questions or would like assistance understanding how these changes may impact your current or upcoming projects, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Thank you for your continued collaboration and support.

REDCap Page Loading Issue

By News, REDCap

Monday June 16th 8:00AM CST – REDCap may continue to experience sporadic page loading issues whereby a page may stop working or keep processing with no completion, including this login page. If you continue to encounter this issue, 1) disable all your browser extensions, 2) open an incognito window, 3) log into and work in REDCap via the incognito window. If this does not solve the issue, please contact REDCap Support and include the browser version, page URL, and the error time. Thank you for your continued patience and cooperation!

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