ACCELERATING CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH CTSI Funding Opportunities

ACCELERATING CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH

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CTSI Funding Opportunities

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Grant Application Process


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CTR Grants (Collaborative Translational Research)

Summary: This award is to foster collaborations between investigators at IUB, Purdue, ND, IUSM, and IUPUI in translational research projects with strong potential to develop into externally funded programs or IP.

Award amount: $75,000 max. (split between collaborators)

Project period: 1-year (+ 1-year NCE)

Qualifications: Projects must have participation by two (or more) principal investigators representing at least two CTSI partner institutions

Schedule for award: RFA – March Applications Due ~ May Awards Announced August


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Project Development Teams

Summary: Provides grant writing mentoring, IRB and IP advice, identifies partners. Can also provide funding to support development of preliminary data for external grant submissions.

Award amount: $10,000 max.


Qualifications: Translational research, external funding strategy, PU-PDT (predominantly preclinical research) can partner with other PDTs to meet expertise requirements.

Schedule for award: Rolling application process, no set deadline.


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Core Pilot Funding (CTSI-designated Core facilities)

Summary: Promotes use of CTSI cores across CTSI partner institutions and supports science with a high potential for external funding or IP. Funds are used as an expense account at the Core facility. No other expenses qualify.



Qualifications: Translational research, external funding strategy, the Core does not need to be from the faculty’s home institution

Schedule for award: RFA: March/August Applications Due: May/October

Awards Announced: July/December


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Research Inventions and Scientific Commercialization (RISC)

Summary: Pilot program to support, foster and encourage cutting edge scientific potential breakthroughs and technology development that will serve as the foundation for new business enterprises and / or promote the advancement of translational research or health related objectives.


Project period: 1-year

Qualifications: Open to basic and clinical translationsl researchers indentified by the IU Emerging Technologies Center (IUETC)

Schedule for award: Rolling application process, no set deadline.


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Midwest Strategic Pharma-Academic Research Consortium Research

Awards Program (SPARC)Summary: This award is to foster collaborations between academics and

pharmas in translational research projects in the area of human Autoimmune Diseases.

Award amount: TBA


Qualifications: Projects must have participation by two (or more) principal investigators representing at least two SPARC partner institutions

Schedule for award: TBD


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Indiana Clinical Research Center at PurdueWayne Campbell, PhD, Director

[email protected] (765)- 494-8236

Clinical Services

•Blood, Urine, & Muscle Sampling•Stable Isotope Infusions•Ingestive Behavior & Sensory Evaluation•Exercise Training & Physical Fitness Assessment

Body CompositionAnd Imaging Services

•Bone/Soft Tissue (DXA)•Whole Body Volume (plethysmography)•Whole Body Water (isotope dilution)•Bone Geometry (pQCT)•Micro Computed Tomography•Body Tissues (MRI, MRS, fMRI)

Bio-Nutrition Services•Menu Development•Dietary Counseling•Meal Preparation & Service•Computerized Nutritional Analysis•Dietary Homogenate Prep. & Analysis•Dietary and Metabolic Balance Protocols


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CHEP Community Based Pilot Projects

Summary: Collaborative, community-based research projects: Program evaluation, feasibility or preliminary data for extramural grant submissions. Applicants are encouraged to identify, or further develop, collaborative relationships to be strengthened.

Award amount: $15,000-$30,000 per project. $100,000 total available


Qualifications: MUST be both an academic partner and an community partner on the project. Both partners must currently be working in an Indiana-based institution / organization.

Schedule: RFA – April Due May 16 Awards August 8th

Website: https://www.indianactsi.org/grantinfo/grant/150


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Biomedical Engineeringand Bionanotechnology

Advise and facilitate the invention, innovation, and testing of medical devices (from nano to macro) through the technology development process.•Medical Device Design, Prototyping, and Evaluation

– Extensive facilities for materials and electronic fabrication; Experience in implantable electronic, optical, mechanical, acoustical sensors; Dedicated experimental design and evaluation protocol development

•Nanotechnology Approaches and Therapeutics Development– Nanomaterial core construction and nanometrology measurements; Targeting and therapeutic

molecule development; In vitro and in vivo testing of cell-nanomedical system interactions

•Veterinary Clinical Trials – Trials utilize spontaneous, naturally-occurring disease models; Studies evaluate devices, drugs,

nutritional programs; Pathologies range from cancer to orthopedic

•Preclinical Studies Planning, Coordination and Implementation– Expertise in a wide variety of animal models and procedures; Pre-study planning and new protocol

development; Extensive training and study capabilities; Complete after care in recovery studies

•Histology and Phenotyping– Extensive history with implantable device evaluation; Both soft and hard tissue capabilities;

Experienced with device, drug and toxicologic, and infectious disease pathologies

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ACCELERATING CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH CTSI Funding Opportunities