Clinical and Translational Science Institute
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Grant Writing and Funding

Grant Writing and Funding

Developing a successful research program requires a consistent funding source.

Sangwoon Chung, PhD

Sex differences in lung epithelial injury by electronic cigarette exposure in asthma. Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

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Mohamed Ridha, MD

Advanced Retinal Imaging in Hypertensive Cerebral Microangiopathy. Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, Department Neurology

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Jingzhen “Ginger” Yang, PhD, MPH

Using Simulator-based Approaches to Train Bioptic Drivers: A Pilot Study. Professor of Pediatrics, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

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Manjula Karpurapu, PhD

Delivering specialized pro-resolution lipid mediators via extracellular vesicles. Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

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The CTSI has resources to help faculty develop funding pipelines.

Periodically, the CTSI releases Requests for Applications (RFAs) for pilot research projects, as well as offering training and career development grants.

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Grant Writing Toolkit

The CTSI offers grant application training resources to help support researchers efforts in identifying and securing funding sources.

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Pilot Programs

The Pilot Translational and Clinical Studies (PTC) program stimulates and supports transformative, innovative, interdisciplinary translational research.

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Voucher Program

The CTSI awards vouchers to provide funding support for investigators who require assistance to enable preliminary work and generate data for new or ongoing projects.

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CTSA Training Grants

The CTSI offers CTSA training grants which helps fund graduate students in clinical and translational research.

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Additional Awards and Funding

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will provide supplemental funding to PIs on R01 and other specific research grants to enhance the diversity of the research workforce.