UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL AN INDIVIDUAL BE ALLOWED TO WORK WITH RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE APPROPRIATE RADIATION SAFETY TRAINING
The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s regulations mandate radiation safety training for all personnel working with radioactive materials. UConn Health is committed to providing a safe research and work environment to all our faculty and staff. The Office of Radiation Safety provides training lectures to meet this requirement.
It is the Principal Investigator’s responsibility to insure that:
- New personnel who will be working with radioactive materials, using the
Cs-137 Gammacell Irradiator or working in areas where radioactive materials are used and/or stored attend the four hour Initial training lecture.
- Personnel who have received training over a year ago attend a Refresher lecture.
Other personnel wishing to review and update their radiation safety training are invited to attend.
Research IT Services in the Office of the Vice President for Research supports a wide array of services and is a key player in shaping the future of research at the University of Connecticut.
We have embarked on a bold initiative to modernize and boost our portfolio of software solutions in an effort to reduce the administrative burdens on our researchers and make it easier for them to access and monitor their research activity and information.
A full suite of enterprise applications will provide a template for grant proposal development, automate routing and allow for electronic submission to certain sponsors. In addition, it will provide functionality for awards management; human and animal subjects protocol development and review; financial conflict of interest disclosures; effort reporting and commitment management; and core facility management (research store).
eRA Help Desk
We have coined our initiative to modernize our Enterprise Research IT systems and automate research administration functions the electronic Research Administration, or eRA. We have created the eRA Help Desk to assist you with your questions and technical problems. The eRA Help Desk’s contact information is listed below.
eRA Help Desk
Telephone: 860-486-7944
Email: eRA-support@uconn.edu
Staffed 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Weekdays
Self-Service Portal: https://it.research.uconn.edu/SelfService (secured with UConn NetID) Don’t know your NetID?
Environmental Health & Safety
UConn Health
263 Farmington Avenue, MC 1514
Farmington, CT 06030-1514
860.679.2723
NOTICE as of 5/05/2025: Due to the need to reserve funds for the recently announced EMERGE emergency funding program, all FY26 OVPR Internal Funding Programs are on hold for at least the first few months of the new fiscal year-we will provide updates as more information becomes available.
The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) SPARK Technology Commercialization Fund aims to support innovative proof-of-concept studies seeking to translate research discoveries into products, processes, and other commercial applications. We invite proposals from across all disciplines for projects related to commercialization activities. We are eager to identify and support UConn-developed inventions and technologies that address unmet needs and have potential for commercial application.
To learn more about the SPARK Technology Commercialization Fund, visit the OVPR Storrs site.
Pamir Alpay
