Grant Writing Programs

The CTSI offers a variety of grant writing programs to help researchers at all career stages develop competitive proposals and secure funding for their translational science projects. Whether you are a junior investigator seeking your first grant, a mid-career researcher looking to expand your skills and network or a senior faculty member willing to mentor the next generation of translational scientists, we have a program that suits your needs.

Grant Writing Office Hours

Do you need expert advice on an aspect of a grant you are writing? You can find it at the CTSI Grant Writing Office hours. Drop-in on Zoom or In-Person at the appointed time, and an experienced and well-funded investigator will discuss your questions with you.

Launch to K

A specialized program that focuses on the specific requirements and expectations of NIH K awards, which support career development and mentored research of clinician-scientists.

Launch to Success

A comprehensive program that provides individualized coaching, peer feedback and expert guidance to junior faculty who are preparing their first K or R grant applications.

More information coming soon.

New Name for Translational Science Center

This change reflects our commitment to serve the entire clinical and translational research community across Ohio State and at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. As the CTSI, our commitment to delivering resources, fostering collaborations, supporting the careers of clinical and translational scientists, particularly those who are early in their career, and helping identify efficiencies to accelerate clinical and translational science remains steadfast.

This new name designation underscores our dedication to more comprehensively support the full spectrum of clinical and translational research within our community and aligns with many peer CTSA hubs nationwide. We are excited about the work and milestones achieved since the CCTS was established in 2006 and anticipate even greater accomplishments under the banner of CTSI.

“For the past two decades, the institute has been an impactful resource to the scientific and research community at Ohio State,” said Julie Johnson, PharmD, Clinical and Translational Science Institute director, associate dean for clinical and translational research in The Ohio State University College of Medicine and associate vice president of research for The Ohio State University. “Our aim moving forward is to more fully serve the entire clinical and translational research community on campus and at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and to facilitate and streamline research discoveries that improve health for all.”

Julie Johnson, PharmD, is the Director and Principal Investigator at The Ohio State University Clinical and Translational Science Institute.

K12 Early Career Training Grant

The CTSI K12 Career Development Grant funds early career investigators to conduct clinical or translational research and develop their research skills as they progress to be independently funded researchers.

The CTSI K12 supports the career development of investigators committed to patient-oriented and translational research.

The Ohio State University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) K12 Mentored Career Development Grant is designed to develop a group of well-trained early-stage faculty investigators through individualized training to engage fully, succeed and lead in translational research and science. Building upon the successes of the Ohio State CTSI KL2 program, the training programs and educational infrastructure will foster a pipeline of early career clinician scientists with training that promotes scientific curiosity and discovery. We will sustain and enhance a culture in which translational scientists can collaborate to accomplish trans-disciplinary research that results in improved clinical outcomes.

The K12 program is open to any assistant professor engaged in clinical or translational research or science, who has less than three years of service in that role at the time of appointment. The K12 Award is available for a period of three years (contingent on satisfactory progress), with two years of CTSI funding and a third from the scholar’s home college/department.

The Ohio State CTSI seeks proposals that address scientific questions consistent with the our mission to fund research across the Translational Spectrum from the biological basis of health and disease to interventions that improve the health of individuals and the public (see NIH NCATS Translational Science Spectrum).

K12 Mentored Career Development Grant

Release Date

January 2, 2025

Information Session

January 15, 2025 at 12 p.m. EST

Letter of Intent Due

February 5, 2025 at midnight

Full Application Due

March 30, 2025 at midnight

K Workgroup Leaders

K. Luan Phan, MD

luan.phan@osumc.edu

Cynthia Carnes, PharmD, PhD

carnes.4@osu.edu

Loren Wold, MD

loren.wold@osumc.edu

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NIH CTSA Predoctoral T32 Mentored Research Training Program- Closed

The T32 grant provides full-time research training support for post-candidacy predoctoral learners pursuing mentored clinical and translational research or clinical and translational science who are enrolled in any Ohio State graduate degree program.

The CTSI Predoctoral T32 training program leverages the large, collaborative, multidisciplinary research environment at Ohio State to increase the reach of clinical and translational science education and training across campus and recruits and develops a diverse cohort of learners to become the next generation of clinical and translational scientist leaders. This mentored research training grant is part of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award program and is funded through the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). The T32 is one of the education and training components that is part of the renewal of the CTSI’s multi-million dollar center grant from NIH and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).

This program replaces the previous TL1 training program from the CTSI.

Release Date

January 9, 2025

Full Application Due

April 1, 2025

T32 awardees will receive:

Travel funds to attend national meetings
- Including the annual Translational Science meeting from the Association for Clinical and Translational Science
Access to the CTSI professional services and staff
- Including biostatistics, subject recruitment and human subjects approval
Access to a training curriculum
- Clinical and translational research methodology and specialized training seminars
Stipend support awarded at the NIH allowed annual maximum
Tuition and fee award

A Focus on Health for All

A special focus of the T32 training grant improving health for all. There is an urgent need to expand and rigorously train a clinical and translational scientist workforce that will deliver innovations with intentionality to achieve improved health for all. The education and training to produce researchers capable of leading these efforts requires specialized instruction in clinical and translational science to bridge the gap between the lab and the clinic. Training in clinical and translational science is anticipated to promote cross-fertilization between disciplinary boundaries that will accelerate translation through clinical and translational discovery stages that ultimately bring innovations to all communities. The CTSI Predoctoral T32 will provide training through coursework, seminars, lunch and learn programs and other training initiatives.

T32 Leadership

Ginny Bumgardner, MD, PhD

Director of the T32 Predoctoral Research Training Grant

Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Education and Training

Professor of Surgery in the Ohio State College of Medicine

Sakima Smith, MD, MPH

Assistant Director of the Predoctoral T32 Program

Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine in the College of Medicine

CTSI Predoctoral Trainees and Projects

T32 Information Session

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Carrying On the Legacy of the TL1

The CTSI Predoctoral T32 Mentored Research Training Program continues the legacy of trainee success of the CTSI TL1 Mentored Career Development Program funded from 2008 to 2023. The new Predoctoral T32, provides the same excellent training opportunity for predoctoral students on their journey to becoming clinical and translational researchers as the previous TL1.

Pilot Chapter of the International Association of Clinical Research Nurses (IACRN)

Karen Carter and Alexander McDaniels are looking for Clinical Research Nurses who are members of, or are interested in becoming members of the International Association of Clinical Research Nurses and creating a sub/pilot chapter in Central Ohio. The goal is to gather interested individuals to create the pilot chapter and collaborate with the Ohio Valley chapter to learn and build the foundations for a full chapter. The aim is to promote clinical research nursing education, discuss best practices, create a supportive network, and encourage professional growth.

Please contact Alexander and Karen to ask any questions or to confirm interest.

Julie Johnson, PharmD, is the Director and Principal Investigator at The Ohio State University Clinical and Translational Science Institute.

Appalachian Translational Research Network (ATRN) Annual Health Summit

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Path to K

The Path to K Mentored Career Development Grant provides up to two years of support to faculty from health science colleges working toward writing an NIH K award.

Path to K Program

The Ohio State University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), The Office of Research and The Ohio State University College of Medicine have partnered to create an innovative career development program whose purpose is to train biomedical researchers and prepare them for a successful K grant application. The CTSI, Office of Research and Ohio State College of Medicine Path to K Program supports the career development of investigators who have made a commitment to conduct either patient-oriented or translational research. The Path to K Grant is available for a period of up to two years (contingent on satisfactory progress).

Research funded:

Epidemiological and behavioral studies
Health outcomes and health services research
Research with human tissues, specimens and cognitive phenomena
Mechanisms of human disease therapeutic interventions
Clinical trials
Development of new technologies

Early career junior faculty on the tenure or clinical track from the following health sciences colleges at The Ohio State University are eligible to apply: College of Dentistry, College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Optometry, College of Pharmacy, College of Public Health and College of Veterinary Medicine.

The Path to K grant is designed to benefit a wide spectrum of clinical and/or translational researchers across Ohio State. The grant provides salary support to ensure protected time for mentored research and didactic training in clinical and translational research across a wide variety of project topics and academic areas. The overall goal of the program is to equip early career investigators to advance on the path to be competitive for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) K Career Development Grants (or equivalent).

Program preference will be given to junior faculty members on the tenure or clinical track with fewer than three years since their appointment, but junior faculty with three or more years since their appointment are eligible to apply.