The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign administers a number of special funding programs to provide support for the Illinois research community.

Eligibility requirements and application deadlines vary from program to program and year to year. For specific details, click on the name of the program in the list below.

Current Programs

Start Date7/27/2026 Deadline Date9/7/2026
Olga G Nalbandov Lecture Funds 2026

The Olga G. Nalbandov Lecture Fund provides support to enrich the campus intellectual environment in the life sciences. Funding supports public lectures or symposia on current topics of interest in the fields of biological and biochemical sciences. Lectures may be stand-alone events or part of a larger conference or symposium.

Eligible expenses include speaker fees, travel,

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NAGPRA Collection Use/Access Intake Form (Non-UIUC)

This is the NAGPRA Collection Use/Access Intake Form for Non-UIUC researchers.

If you are a UIUC researcher please use the online form found
here.

The University of Illinois is committed to respectfully caring for collections which fall under NAGPRA while they are in our possession. As part of this commitment the NAGPRA Program Officer and Advisory