Open Funding Opportunities

Open Funding Opportunities2023-05-28T07:31:20-04:00

Translational Research Development Program

This page lists all Indiana CTSI funding opportunities currently accepting applications. Clicking on the Request For Application (RFA) title will provide you with further details.

The “Click here to start a submission” link at the bottom of each RFA will take you to the Indiana CTSI grants system (which requires login) and allows you to start the application process.

The “Return to your submission” link at the bottom of each RFA will take you to the Indiana CTSI grants system (which requires login) and allows you to return to an application that you have already started (once your account has been created if you are a new user).

The Indiana CTSI also has several resources to assist you as you plan your RFA submission:

ALL OPEN RFAs



IUSCCC “Near-Miss” NIH R01 Initiative

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Rolling Submission

The IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center (IUSCCC) is providing an opportunity to fund cancer focused PI-directed applications to the National Institutes of Health that have been reviewed once and missed the NIH pay line and have a high potential for obtaining external funding. The goal is to increase the cancer focused NIH funding base in the IUSCCC. Non-NCI targeted applications should have significant cancer relevance.

Investigators wishing to apply to this funding mechanism must first submit a draft cover letter (letter of intent) for approval by the IUSCCC Executive Committee before working with a Coordinator to submit a full application. Once approved, the link for submitting the online application will be sent.

Maximum allowable amount for R01, R42 and R44 grants is $50K with P01 and SPORE funding amounts evaluated on a case-by-case basis. .

Contact for Letter of Intent and Questions: Kaitlin Condron kcondron@iu.edu or Crystal Baker crybanks@iupui.edu

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Maternal and Pediatric Precision In Therapeutics (MPRINT) Hub Data and Modeling Knowledge & Research Coordination Center (KRCC) P30 Opportunity Fund Awards

LETTER OF INTENT (LOI) DEADLINE: April 30, 2023 (submitted via email to info@mprint.org) FINAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 31, 2023 (via link provided after LOI submission)

The MPRINT Hub serves as a national resource for expertise in maternal and pediatric therapeutics to conduct and foster therapeutics-focused research in obstetrics, lactation, and pediatrics while enhancing inclusion of people with disabilities. More information about the MPRINT Hub can be found here

This opportunity coordinates and supports the operations of the entire MPRINT Hub, providing a knowledge base that will aggregate and identify knowledge deficits in the principles of maternal and pediatric therapeutics including pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, genetics, proteomics, and metabolomics that inform drug development and regulatory science.

Funding for one year for a combination of clinical fellow / postdoctoral fellow awards up to $25,000 and faculty awards up to $150,000 (total costs) for a total award amount in the range of $500,000.

Contact Information: info@mprint.org

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Community Health Partnerships Trailblazer Award

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 1, 2023

Indiana CTSI Community Health Partnerships is soliciting proposals for collaborative, community-engaged research projects focused on topics that have potential to improve health equity in Indiana. Examples of work we are interested in funding include substance misuse, tobacco use, obesity prevention, infant mortality, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, as well as disparities in rural areas. This RFA encourages and prioritizes projects that have outlined a sustainability plan using existing Indiana CTSI infrastructure (i.e., Connections IN Health, Monon Collaborative) and/or connections to statewide health initiatives.

Eligible projects will propose to either: (1) implement research that has the potential to identify or reduce health inequities; or (2) evaluate an existing health-related program that has the potential to improve health equity. Projects that propose to achieve their objectives by changing (or demonstrating the potential to change) policy, systems, and/or the environment are encouraged.

There must be both 1) a university lead and 2) a community lead for the project, both partners must currently work in an Indiana-based institution or organization.

Funding may be requested up to $25,000 over two years

Contact Information: Community Health Partnerships chep@iupui.edu

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Community Health Partnerships (CHeP) Trailblazer Planning Grant

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: August 1, 2023

The Indiana CTSI Community Health Partnerships is soliciting proposals for the development of community-university partnerships to improve health, examine social determinants of health, or enhance health equity to result in future collaborative research proposals. The award can be used to establish new partnerships or to strengthen/expand existing community-university partnerships to solve critical health problems affecting Indiana residents. This award will not fund research pilot projects; instead, it will fund activities that help develop partnerships between organizations that have potential to later engage in joint research projects to address health, health equity or social determinants of health. The expected outcome of this award is the development of a future research proposal for opportunities such as the Community Health Partnerships Trailblazer Award. Examples of partnership development activities we are interested in funding include meetings, conferences, travel expenses, and quality improvement assessments.

Awards will be up to $5,000 for one year to allow for partnership growth and collaborative grant proposal development.

Contact Information: chep@iupui.edu

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DHART SPORE Developmental Research Program (DRP) & Career Enhancement Program (CEP) Awards

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: July 03, 2023

The IU School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics is a member of the multi-institutional Developmental and Hyperactive Ras Tumor (DHART) SPORE program. The goal of the SPORE program is to improve the diagnosis and management of tumors arising in persons with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and other inherited “Rasopathy” syndromes through basic, translational, and clinical research.

IU investigators who lead the DHART SPORE program conduct their research within the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, a national leader in childhood disease research. To learn more about the DHART SPORE program, including its cores, ongoing projects and overall approach, visit dhartspore.org.

Two funding opportunities are available via this program: the Developmental Research Program (DRP) and the Career Enhancement Program (CEP).

Awards: Funding is available for one or two DRP projects at $50,000 - $75,000 AND two to three CEP projects at $50,000 - $75,000. Awards will be for a 12-month period.

Eligibility: Proposals are accepted from clinical or basic science investigators at any DHART SPORE institution as well as from other academic institutions. See guidelines for additional eligibility criteria

Contact Information: Kevin Shannon / Jaishiri Blakeley kevin.shannon@ucsf.edu jblakel3@jhmi.edu

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Alzheimer’s Disease Pre-clinical Translational Science Grant

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: July 10, 2023

Description: This funding opportunity announcement invites applications from all CTSI investigators with a full-time academic appointment for up to $50,000 to support innovative research work that is in scope and aligned with the research activities of the IUSM-Purdue TREAT-AD Center. These include (but are not limited to):
  • Bioinformatic analyses and drug target hypothesis generation within neuroinflammatory pathways
  • Target validation studies for proposed drug targets
  • Innovative chemical biology and cellular pharmacology studies for proposed targets that provide insights to disease initiation and progression
  • Structural biology or biophysical studies on proteins proposed as drug targets
  • De-novo drug design approaches for proposed targets
  • Novel PET ligands and supporting CSF biomarkers for preclinical studies and clinical trials, etc.


Contact Information: Alan D. Palkowitz, Director for the IUSM-Purdue TREAT-AD Center apalkow@iu.edu

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IUSCCC Vera Bradley Foundation Center for Breast Cancer Research Pilot Awards

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 22, 2023

The IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Vera Bradley Foundation Center for Breast Cancer Research requests applications for pilot funding to support innovative research. Proposals must address one of two high priority, understudied areas: Male Breast cancer or Inflammatory breast cancer

Areas of interest include (but are not limited to) tumor genetics/genomics, metastasis, tumor immunology, and racial/ethnic disparities. Use of the breast cancer tissue microarray, IBC tissue bank, samples from the Komen normal tissue bank, or PHI-TNBC PDX models are encouraged, but not required.

The duration of this pilot funding is one year, and the budget should not exceed $50,000.

Contact for Submission Link and Questions: Kaitlin Evans kcondron@iu.edu

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IUSCCC Hematopoiesis & Hematological Malignancies (HHM) Program Basic Science Pilot Awards

Notice OF INTENT (NOI) SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 1, 2023 emailed to crybanks@iupui.edu
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: July 5, 2023

The IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center (IUSCCC) Hematopoiesis & Hematological Malignancies (HHM) Program is inviting proposals from members with a focus on work that will lead to submission of competitive NCI R01 or MPI NCI R01 prior to or at the end of 12 months of RFA funding.

The primary PI of the project must be an HHM member; Projects can be a collaborative effort with team members from other Research Programs, but the primary/contact PI must be an HHM member.

The duration of this pilot funding is one year, and the budget should not exceed $50,000.

Investigators wishing to apply to this funding mechanism must first submit a Notice of Intent for approval to Crystal Baker crybanks@iupui.edu Once approved, the link for submitting the online application will be sent.

Contact for Questions: Reuben Kapur rkapur@iu.edu Or Huda Salman hsalman@iu.edu

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Biomedical Research Grant (BRG)

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: September 5, 2023

The Biomedical Research Grant program is open to all IU School of Medicine (IUSM) faculty that are full-time, regardless of tenure status, having an appointment of Assistant/Associate/Full Professor and Assistant/Associate/Full Scientist. In general, two categories of research projects will benefit from this program: 1) research projects of investigators new to IUSM who do not yet have extramural funding and who need support to acquire the preliminary data necessary to compete for extramural funding; 2) research projects of established IUSM investigators who are between funding periods from extramural sources.

Applications are considered small grants and should have a maximum requested amount of $50,000 and be limited to one (1) year duration

Contact Information: 317-278-2822 trnsldev@iu.edu

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Research Enhancement Grant (REG)

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: September 5, 2023

The IUSM Research Enhancement Program is designed to stimulate research productivity at the statewide Centers for Medical Education (regional campuses) including the Bloomington Medical Sciences Program. This does not include the IUPUI campus. All full-time Center/Medical Sciences faculty, regardless of tenure status, having an appointment of Assistant/Associate/Full Professor or Assistant/Associate/Full Scientist at time of submission, are eligible to apply for a Research Enhancement Grant. Primary appointment must be in the School of Medicine. Faculty in visiting ranks are not eligible for funding through this mechanism.

Applications are considered small grants and should have a maximum requested amount of $50,000 and be limited to one (1) year duration

Contact Information: 317-278-2822 trnsldev@iu.edu

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IUSCCC Hematopoiesis & Hematological Malignancies (HHM) Investigator Initiated Trial (IIT) Pilot Funding

Notice OF INTENT(NOI)SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 15, 2023 @ 5PM EST emailed to crybanks@iupui.edu
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: July 17, 2023

The IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center (IUSCCC) Hematopoiesis & Hematological Malignancies (HHM) Program is inviting proposals from members with a focus on Investigator Initiated Trials (IITs). The goal of this RFA is to fund IITs that will lead to submission of competitive NCI R01 or MPI NCI R01 within the next 24 months of RFA funding.

Primary PI of the Project must be an HHM member; Projects can be a collaborative effort with team members from other Research Programs, but the primary/contact PI must be an HHM member.

The duration of this pilot funding is two years, and the budget should not exceed $100,000.

Investigators wishing to apply to this funding mechanism must first submit a Notice of Intent for approval to crybanks@iupui.edu Once approved, the link for submitting the online application will be sent.

Contact for Questions: Reuben Kapur rkapur@iu.edu Or Huda Salman hsalman@iu.edu

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May
31
Wed
2023
Deadline: Maternal and Pediatric Precision In Therapeutics (MPRINT) Hub Data, Model, Knowledge & Research Coordination Center (DMKRCC) P30 Opportunity Pool Submission
May 31 @ 12:00 am – 11:45 pm

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