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CRI Collaborators,

Effective July 1st, 2024, all service lines of the Center for Research Informatics (CRI) are now operating within a federal recharge center. This transition is part of our commitment to sustain services supported or subsidized by federal awards and ensure compliance with federal regulations outlined in University Policy 1005.

Key Changes:

• Revised Hourly Rates: As part of this transition, we have updated our hourly rates to align with federal guidelines. Please review our current approved hourly rates by clicking here.
• Monthly Billing Frequency: Changes in our billing frequency have been implemented to streamline processes and enhance transparency. We will no longer bill at the end of a project. Instead, billing will occur on a monthly basis.
• Service Request Protocols: Updates to our service request protocols to align with the new operational model, including the implementation of FST.

Please note that these adjustments will only impact our fee-for-service model and will not affect the ability to direct charge to grants.

We acknowledge that adapting to this new business model will involve a learning curve, and we appreciate your patience during this process. Your cooperation and understanding are invaluable as we navigate this transition together. Should you have any questions or require further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us here or email:

Administrative Coordinator, Janaya Lee @janayalee@bsd.uchicago.edu

Administrative Director, Julie Johnson @jjohnso3@bsd.uchicago.edu

Thank you for your continued support and partnership.

Tuesday, June 4th 5:00PM CST – The Department of Neurology at The University of Chicago Medical Center has a great history and tradition, having made significant contributions to neurological training, clinical care, and the basic understanding of neurological disease. The Healthy Aging & Alzheimer’s Research Care (HAARC) Center, is a new multidisciplinary center at the University of Chicago focused on implementing research on aging, Alzheimer’s and related dementia research focused on optimizing knowledge, care, interventions, and quality of life. The HAARC Center is seeking a Data Analyst to support data management across research projects. Click HERE to access the link to the posting. This is a CRI courtesy posting for HAARC; please contact haarcresearch@uchicago.edu with any further questions.

Updated CRI facilities pages are now available, see here.

Reminder: Please contact the CRI during grant planning phase, this is important to ensure you have reflected the correct budgets and language in your proposals and to ensure we can plan for resource allocation.

Questions? Contact us here.

The I-CARE Program is now accepting applications for collaborative and interdisciplinary/inter-professional pilot projects focused on implementation science and related fields, including quality improvement science, dissemination science, healthcare delivery, healthcare systems, as well as human-centered design and human factors research. Applicants must submit full proposal applications by 11:59pm CT on or before or May 15, 2024. Read More

Launching a Tool to Improve Data Access – A transformative collaboration will build a unified data repository to provide faster access to data and propel advancements in healthcare delivery, research, and operational efficiency at the University of Chicago and UChicago Medicine health system. The Biological Sciences Division and UChicago Medicine, in partnership with the health system Chief Medical Officer’s team, the Center for Research Informatics, and Information Services teams, are at the forefront of this initiative, which will leverage self-service tools and personalized support to dramatically expand access to data. Read press release and read more here.

Storage users, today at 9am, access to the old storage system (PRFS) was disabled. It was kept up to ease the migration to the new storage system (RSS), which is now complete.

If you have trouble connecting to a lab share, you need to ensure that you connect to the new storage system (see instructions below). If you are still unable to connect, please contact your local IT support. Read More

The Center for the Science of Early Trajectories (SET) Center Pilot Grant will support new research endeavors into the biology of human development throughout the life course, at the cellular and molecular levels. $50,000 seed funding for early-stage pilot projects is available to University of Chicago PIs, prioritizing early-stage investigators. Read More

We are excited to inform you that on January 2nd, 2024, we migrated the CRI’s CRDW consultation request website to our new application, myCRI.  Services affected by this application migration include: CRDW data requests and datamarts, CRDW feasibility consultations, CRDW grant preparation consultations, and CRDW Honest Broker Requests. Read More