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This DPI-Shield T3 Research Partnership is looking for proposals that will support the development of a new business in Personalized Health Diagnostics.
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The use of innovation and technology in advancing the development of the next generation of the national civil infrastructure system.
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Arming Illinois with in-demand skills for lucrative and resilient jobs.
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Teacher Training Programs
Programs for High School and Community College Students
Applied Research
DPI-Shield T3 Call for Proposals
This DPI-Shield T3 Research Partnership is looking for proposals that will support the development of a new business in Personalized Health Diagnostics.
IWERC
Producing actionable research to improve Illinois education and workforce outcomes.
Our R&D Science Teams
Getting Illinois closer to solutions for its residents and companies.
ITRC
The use of innovation and technology in advancing the development of the next generation of the national civil infrastructure system.
CURES
Aiming to address urban sustainable development challenges of the 21st century.
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Chicago awarded $18.5M in federal funds to create new jobs in the region
DPI and P33 will co-lead efforts to connect hundreds of residents from underrepresented groups with quality education and job ...
Press Releases
Tampons present an innovative way for scientists, researchers to test for COVID-19 in sewers
As new coronavirus variants dominate COVID-19 cases in Chicago, researchers said they were able to detect the presence of ...
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Discovery Partners Institute and UIC CHANCE Announce Expansion of Digital Scholars Program
Summer program will help build a more diverse student pipeline into computing, engineering and data science fields (CHICAGO) - The Discovery ...
Press Releases
The Discovery Partners Institute, Wilbur Wright College and WBC’s ThinkChicago Program Team Up to Build A More Diverse Tech Talent Pipeline
Summer workshop series will introduce City College students to Chicago’s dynamic tech sector June 23, 2022 (CHICAGO) —The Discovery ...
Press Releases
UIUC’s College of Education and Discovery Partners Institute Announce Second-Year Expansion of Computer Science Teaching Endorsement
Effort will address shortage of qualified computer science teachers across Illinois June 22, 2022 (CHICAGO) —The University of Illinois Urbana-...
Press Releases
DPI’s IWERC Awarded Funding From Three Organizations to Expand Research on Illinois Education Issues
June 16, 2022 (CHICAGO)— The Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative (IWERC) at the Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) has been ...
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The Illinois Department of Public Health and Discovery Partners Institute Announce Extension of COVID-19 Monitoring in Wastewater
Vital analysis will continue for another year with $8.2 million in new funding June 2, 2022 (CHICAGO) —The Illinois ...
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COVID-19 update as of June 2: Evanston in “medium” risk category, but Cook County in “high” risk
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) announced today, June 2, that their comprehensive ...
Evanston Round Table
WTTW: Using wastewater to provide clues to COVID-19’s resurgence
DPI's Wastewater Epidemiology project to use wastewater test for COVID0-19 was featured in a recent edition of WTTW'...
WTTW-TV
Need tech talent? Call me. Want diverse tech talent? Definitely call me.
Our ambition isn't just to increase our pool of tech talent. It's to diversify the sector one hire ...
CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
A New Tool is Providing Solid Clues to COVID-19’s Resurgence
University of Illinois Chicago associate professor Rachel Poretsky is doing sewage surveillance through the University of Illinois’ Discovery Partners Institute. ...
WTTW-TV
Life sciences developments are booming in Chicago, bringing jobs and helping fight ‘brain drain’
Scientific research forms the core of other developments ringing the city’s downtown. Related Midwest’s The 78, a planned $...
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Chicago awarded $18.5M in federal funds to create new jobs in the region
DPI and P33 will co-lead efforts to connect hundreds of residents from underrepresented groups with quality education and job ...
Press Releases
Tampons present an innovative way for scientists, researchers to test for COVID-19 in sewers
As new coronavirus variants dominate COVID-19 cases in Chicago, researchers said they were able to detect the presence of ...
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Discovery Partners Institute and UIC CHANCE Announce Expansion of Digital Scholars Program
Summer program will help build a more diverse student pipeline into computing, engineering and data science fields (CHICAGO) - The Discovery ...
Press Releases