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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
ADEPT

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

Deadline soon

Pilot research project
Advancing Translational Research and Science (ATRS)

Applications Open

The ICTR ATRS Pilot Award provides support for proposals that aim to: 1) address a clinical and translational research question in a particular disease or intervention development/dissemination context, and 2) provide generalizable translational science innovations or insights that can be applied to other translational research projects.

Application Due Date:
March 10, 2026 (by 11:00 pm CST)
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 differences research to develop an independent research program with competency-based curricular and mentored interdisciplinary research training. The program is funded through a cross-NIH collaborative effort and administered by the Office of Research on Women’s Health.

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, 2025 (by 11:59 pm CST)
Pilot research project
Learning Health System (LHS) Demonstration Project

Applications Open

The Learning Health System (LHS) Demonstration Project 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 health care outcomes.

Letter of Intent Due Date:
February 20, 2026 (by 11:59 pm CST)
Application Due Date:
June 8, 2026 (by 11:59 pm 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)
Research on Women’s Health Scholar Program (RoWHS)

Applications Closed

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Research on Women’s Health Scholar program provides interdisciplinary career development opportunities for a unique cohort of early career faculty to foster their successful transition to independent funding in women’s health research and sex differences research.

Application Due Date:
April 25, 2025 (by 11:59 pm CST)
Career development award
TL1 Postdoctoral Trainee Program

Applications Open

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

Application Due Date:
April 1, 2026 (by 5:00 pm CST)
Career development award
TL1 Predoctoral Training Program

Applications Open

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

Application Due Date:
March 13, 2026 (by 5:00 pm CST)

Deadline soon

Pilot research project
Translational Basic and Clinical Research

Applications Open

This award support projects that define and develop novel clinical interventions, or translational aspects of research incorporated into an investigator-initiated project, or projects that address contemporary and/or emerging health crises.

Letter of Intent Due Date:
January 27, 2026 (by 11:00 pm CST)
Application Due Date:
March 10, 2026 (by 11:00 pm CST)
Voucher for services
Vouchers

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