FAQs

University of Illinois at Chicago is collaborating with Deerfield, an investment firm dedicated to advancing healthcare, to accelerate the translation of research in University of Illinois at Chicago faculty laboratories into clinical therapeutics. West Loop is a Deerfield company that will support University of Illinois at Chicago's innovative translational research and leverage Deerfield’s expertise in accelerating state-of-the-art drug development.

Principal Investigators whose full-time employer is University of Illinois at Chicago or who have a faculty appointment at University of Illinois at Chicago and are subject to University of Illinois at Chicago ’s policies regarding the conduct of research and ownership of intellectual property.

To submit an application, please reach out to West Loop Innovations Scientific Collaboration Manager, Melissa Maderia, maderia@otm.uic.edu.

There are two calls for proposals each year.

No – We welcome applications from all therapeutic areas.