Research

All members of the University community are expected to observe high standards of academic integrity and ethical behavior in research and publication. Any practice or conduct by a member of the University community that seriously deviates from those ethical standards for proposing, conducting and publishing research that are commonly accepted within the professional community constitutes academic misconduct in violation of University policy. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

1. Fabrication or falsification of data, including intentionally misleading, selective or deliberately false reporting of credentials or other academically related information;
2. Unacknowledged appropriation of the work of others, including plagiarism, the abuse of confidentiality with respect to unpublished materials, or misappropriation of physical materials;
3. Evasion of, or intentional failure after notice by the University or Federal, State or other appropriate agency to comply with research regulations or requirements, including but not limited to those applying to human subjects, laboratory animals, new drugs, radioactive materials, genetically altered organisms, and to safety;
4. Other conduct which seriously deviates from accepted ethical standards in scholarship. Differences of interpretation or judgment, or honest error, do not constitute academic misconduct.

Campus Policy and resources are provided by the Office of Research Integrity.

Some faculty members have been individually allocated funds related to their research and/or program.  These funds may be used at their discretion related to the purpose for which the funds were granted, subject to University policies and procedures.   Examples of research expenditures include:   research assistance, manuscript preparation, purchase of computers, books, supplies, equipment and software, and travel for research and attendance of professional meetings in the United States and abroad. Unallowable uses include:  anything that violates University policies and procedures, course buyouts, permanent residency legal expenses, furniture for a home office and any other personal expenses. Please consult Associate Dean Rich Alpern, ralpern@uic.edu, about allowable expenses.

All funding commitments are subject to availability of funds in the College and, although it represents the best of intentions, may be revised in the event of budgetary constraints.  Any equipment purchased with University funds remains the property of the University.

It is the individual faculty members responsibility to manage their budget and not spend beyond the authority they have been given.  However, the department that houses the funds is ultimately responsible for covering any overdrafts.  Therefore, the Executive Officer, should monitor spending and take corrective action if necessary.  The Executive Officer is responsible for all fiscal affairs of the unit.