Research Archive

  • Volunteers With Current Binge Eating Sought for Sleep and Eating Study

    Volunteers With Current Binge Eating Sought for Sleep and Eating Study

    Researchers in the Department of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology are seeking participants for a research study examining sleep and other psychological factors that may contribute to eating disorder symptoms, such as binge eating. Participants must be at least 18 years old, assigned female at birth (including gender-diverse adults) and currently experiencing binge eating.

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  • Researchers Conducting Survey Study for Individuals With Lived Experience of Suicidality

    Researchers Conducting Survey Study for Individuals With Lived Experience of Suicidality

    Researchers from Illinois Institute of Technology's National Consortium on Stigma and Empowerment are conducting a 15-to-20-minute anonymous online questionnaire about people's experience talking about (i.e.) disclosing suicidality. Participants will help researchers understand why people may or may not tell others about their past experiences with suicide.

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  • Community-Engaged Research Seminar: Pipeline to Funding

    Community-Engaged Research Seminar: Pipeline to Funding

    This 4-hour seminar series targets early-career investigators or more seasoned investigators who wish to add community-engaged research onto an existing project. Attendees affiliated with the Institute of Translational Medicine will receive assistance with developing community partnerships and be eligible to apply for $25,000 pilot awards beginning in fall 2023. Those not affiliated with the Institute of Translational Medicine are still eligible to apply and be a part of this training series.

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  • Research Appointments Available at Galvin Library

    Research Appointments Available at Galvin Library

    Whether you're just getting started or in the middle of your research, Galvin Library has the resources you need. Schedule a research appointment with a librarian and get one-on-one help navigating resources, tracking down sources, mapping out search strategies, and creating citations. Go to https://iit.libcal.com/appointments to make an appointment.

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  • WISER 2023 Seed-Funding Grant Proposal Deadline Approaching

    WISER 2023 Seed-Funding Grant Proposal Deadline Approaching

    Illinois Tech's Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) has issued a Request for Proposals for the 2023 Cross-disciplinary Seed Funding Grants (CSFG) program. Initiated in 2009, the CSFG program is designed to support and enhance new and innovative cross-disciplinary research concepts that are expected to attract major external funding in areas of national interest related to energy and sustainability.

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  • 2023 Internal Funding Opportunities Deadlines

    2023 Internal Funding Opportunities Deadlines

    Deadlines for the Educational and Research Initiative Fund (ERIF) Award, Starr Fieldhouse Research Fellowship, Sigma Xi/IIT Awards for Excellence in Research, and Toprani Undergraduate Research Fellowship are upcoming.

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  • Important NSF and NIH Changes

    Important NSF and NIH Changes

    NSF PAPPG 23-1 went into effect on Monday, January 30, 2023. Two of the changes will require investigators to sign and certify their biosketches and current and pending documents. In addition, as of Wednesday, January 25, the National Institutes of Health has adopted the Forms H set of instructions.

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  • Participants Sought for Meat Study

    Participants Sought for Meat Study

    The Clinical Nutrition Research Center is looking for participants in a meat study. Study participants must be between 18 and 74 years of age, weight at least 110 pounds, have a BMI of 25-39.9, and not be vegan or vegetarian. Compensation is $360.

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  • Subjects Sought for Study on Health Benefits of Strawberries

    Subjects Sought for Study on Health Benefits of Strawberries

    Illinois Tech nutrition investigators is looking for participants in a study on the health effects of strawberries. The study involves three study days and two short visits to install a contiguous glucose monitor.

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  • Winter Essentials of Patient-Oriented Research (EPOR) Registration is Now Open!

    Winter Essentials of Patient-Oriented Research (EPOR) Registration is Now Open!

    Winter Essentials of Patient-Oriented Research (EPOR) registration is now open, and the crash course on how to conduct clinical research will run January 3 through March 7, for a total of 10 weeks. Obtaining an EPOR certificate of completion will fulfill the Illinois Tech RCR requirement along with CITI RCR.

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