Panel: Pivoting Funding Strategies in This Current Environment-Foundation Focused discussion
UIC Live Training Course
Starts 11/12/2025
Position: Research Personnel, Graduate Students, Pre & Post-Doctoral Trainees, Faculty
Topic: Career Development
Description:
In this special panel session, PIs, OVCR representative, and UIC Corporate and Foundation Relations will share their experience with the current state of foundation funding.
Panelists:
Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD
J. Usha Raj Professor of Psychiatry & Pediatrics, University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago
Co-Director, UIC Center for Clinical & Translational Science
Robin J. Mermelstein, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, UIC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Co-Director, UIC Center for Clinical & Translational Science
Rebecca Milczarek, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, Office of Research Development
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois,Chicago
Elise Carlson
Executive Director of Foundation Relations
UIC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Advancement
Swapna Naidu
Director of Foundation Relations
UIC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Advancement
Moderator:
Tina Grieco-Calub, PhD
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago
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