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ICTR funding awards help researchers grow their careers, develop independent research portfolios, and pursue innovative treatments and practices that have real world impact.

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Career development award
Advancing Diversity and Equity in Predoctoral Trainees (ADEPT)

ADEPT supports part-time PhD students in graduate programs that support clinical and translational research.

Pilot research project
Advancing Translational Research and Science (ATRS)

The ATRS Pilot Award supports innovative translational research to find novel processes that are generalizable across projects. Translational research turns discoveries into health solutions through the application of translational science. Translational science generates innovations that overcome longstanding challenges along the translational research pipeline. This award was previously called the "Novel Methods in Translational Science Award."

Career development award
Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH)

The BIRCWH program provides training, protected time, and research funds for early-career faculty focused on women’s health or sex/gender differences research to develop an independent research program with competency-based curricular and mentored interdisciplinary research training. The program is funded through a trans-NIH collaborative effort and administered by the Office of Research on Women’s Health.

Pilot research project
Clinical & Community Outcomes Research (CCOR)

Applications Closed

The CCOR Pilot Award supports excellent, community-partnered health research that solves problems of translating knowledge into improvements in clinical practice, community programs and/or health policy. This Pilot Award may also support the development of interventions that require individual, organizational, and/or system behavior change.

Letter of Intent Due Date:
October 29, 2024 (by 11:00 pm CST)
Application Due Date:
December 10, 2024 (by 11:00 pm CST)
Pilot research project
Collaborative Health Equity Research (CHER)

Applications Closed

The CHER Pilot Award is designed for postdoctoral scholars (Track 1) or assistant professors (Track 2) whose research is focused on reducing health disparities. This award supports a collaborative mentored experience in clinical and translational research, which is intended to provide a foundation for career development and acquisition of preliminary data for subsequent funding mechanisms.

Letter of Intent Due Date:
October 29, 2024 (by 11:00 pm CST)
Application Due Date:
December 10, 2024 (by 11:00 pm CST)
Pilot research project
Dissemination & Implementation (D&I) Research

Applications Closed

The Dissemination & Implementation (D&I) Research Pilot Award provides support for proposals that aim to effectively implement, disseminate, and scale up evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions or programs into clinical, community, and/or public health practice settings that impact policy.

Letter of Intent Due Date:
October 29, 2024 (by 11:00 pm CST)
Application Due Date:
December 10, 2024 (by 11:00 pm CST)
Voucher for services
Vouchers

Applications Closed

The Research and Protocol Development (RaPD) Program offers funds to support activities that can be used to improve protocols and research projects.

Application Due Date:
October 1, 2024 (by 12:00 am CST)
Career development award
KL2 Award

Applications Closed

The KL2 Scholars Program, funded by NIH-NCATS, supports six UW–Madison early-stage faculty (three per year) who are pursuing and actively engaged in translational research and committed to developing an independent research program.

Application Due Date:
October 1, 2024 (by 12:00 am CST)
Pilot research project
Learning Health Systems (LHS) Demonstration Project

Applications Open

The Learning Health System (LHS) Demonstration Program invites clinical faculty to work on projects that are a priority for the UW Health system and can be addressed using an informatics, data-driven workflow with a focus on healthcare outcomes.

Letter of Intent Due Date:
January 27, 2025 (by 12:00 am CST)
Application Due Date:
June 9, 2025 (by 12:00 am CST)
Pilot research project
Marshfield Clinic Research Institute & UW-Madison Collaborative Award

Applications Closed

This Collaborative Award provides support for proposals that build upon the research interests and infrastructure of both partners, and must involve Co-Principal Investigators from MCRI and UW-Madison.

Letter of Intent Due Date:
July 1, 2024 (by 5:00 pm CST)
Application Due Date:
August 5, 2024 (by 5:00 pm CST)
Pilot research project
Patient Engaged Partnership Research (PEPR)

Applications Closed

The Patient Engaged Partnership Research (PEPR) Pilot Award provides support for proposals that generate useful, real-world applications of interventions and facilitate the dissemination and uptake of research findings.

Letter of Intent Due Date:
October 29, 2024 (by 11:00 pm CST)
Application Due Date:
December 10, 2024 (by 11:00 pm CST)
Career development award
TL1 Postdoctoral Trainee Program

TL1 postdoctoral awards support UW–Madison trainees from diverse backgrounds with research interests in translational science.

Career development award
TL1 Predoctoral Training Program

Applications Open

TL1 predoctoral awards support UW–Madison trainees from diverse backgrounds with research interests in translational science.

Application Due Date:
March 14, 2025 (by 11:00 pm CST)
Pilot research project
Translational Basic and Clinical Research

Applications Closed

These awards address translational basic discovery activities; development of biomarkers, target and lead molecules, and devices; preclinical and animal models; and translation of discovery to patients.

Letter of Intent Due Date:
May 13, 2024 (by 12:00 am CST)
Application Due Date:
June 17, 2024 (by 12:00 am CST)