Research, Technology Services IT Resources and Support

The Research IT Portal is a one-stop solution for researchers and those who support research to efficiently and effectively find, access, and utilize technology resources, services, training, and support. The portal has been developed in response to the need identified across campus to connect researchers to resources.

• What is the Research IT Portal? (a brief informational video)
• Research IT Portal - FAQ
• Details on Personalized Guidance
• Training Resources in support of research
• Explore:
  • Backup & Storage
  • Consulting & Support
  • Data
  • Instrument
  • Networking & Security
  • Programming
  • Research Computing
  • Software
  • Web Publishing & Communication

The Privacy and Cybersecurity Team works with students, faculty, staff and researchers to protect and secure information, research, and individual privacy. They enable access to software and systems that help the University run. They invest in tools that maintain the integrity of information, networks and devices. Team members provide both emergency and non-emergency support for cybersecurity issues. Relevant links are featured below.

• Guidelines for Research
• Safely working with data
• Protecting Personal Data
• Security, Access to Network or System Data for Research Purposes

The Answers KnowledgeBase (KB) is a platform for easily creating, displaying, sharing, and managing web-based knowledge documents. Examples of research-related content are featured below.

• KB - Research Resources
• KB - Data Resources
• • Research Data: Understanding and choosing data repositories
• KB - Cloud Computing Resources
• • Cloud, Cloud-based storage solutions for campus
• The Illinois Research Network / AKA the Campus Advanced Research Network Environment (CARNE)
  • Information for departmental researchers