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Supports activity-based therapy programs for the prevention, treatment and cure of spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries (only), including acute management, medical complications, rehabilitative techniques, and neuronal recovery. Activity based therapy services refers to specialized interventions that activate the neuromuscular system below the level of the lesion, involving intense, repetitive physical activity performed with the goal of retraining the nervous system to recover specific motor tasks.

Awards available up to $150,000 for two years

Supports translational science projects that help identify translational methods and processes relevant across a range of diseases, treatments, and interventions. The key objective of the projects should be to develop methodological innovations and/or produce crosscutting solutions for common and persistent challenges to reduce, remove, or bypass significant bottlenecks across the continuum of translation.

Awards are up to $40,000 and are 12 months (1 year) in duration without ability to apply for a no cost extension.

The Trailblazer Planning Award RFA supports proposals that develop community-academic partnerships that address health, health equity or social determinants of health (SDOH). Projects must involve both an academic partner and a community partner on the project. Both partners must currently be working in an Indiana-based institution / organization. Awards are up to $5,000 per project for one year

The Trailblazer Award RFA supports collaborative projects from community-university partners from a diverse array of geographical areas and campuses throughout the state that 1) implement research that has the potential to improve health or health care, 2) perform a needed evaluation of an existing health-related program. Projects must involve both an academic partner and a community partner on the project. Both partners must currently be working in an Indiana-based institution / organization. The RFA topic focus area rotates on an annual basis. Awards are up to $25,000 per project for one year

The goal of this RFA is to promote the use of technologies and expertise afforded by the Indiana CTSI Core Facilities available at all partner institutions. Successful proposals will demonstrate outstanding scientific merit that can be linked to generating extramural funding or novel intellectual property (IP). Success of the program will be viewed, in part, by the fostering of new funded grants or providing significant contributions to grant renewals. Funding is for utilization of designated Indiana CTSI core facilities only.
Awards are up to $10,000 per project and projects are typically two years in duration.

This reciprocal innovation grant program is funded to support the research of Indiana CTSI investigators and their international partners. Reciprocal innovation is the bi-directional and iterative exchange of a technology, methodology, or process between at least two countries, one lower or middle income country and one high income country, to address a common health challenge and provide mutual benefit to both sides.  Funding is up to $50,000 over two years to support high impact solutions that provide reciprocal benefit to Indiana and our LMIC partners.

The goal of this request for applications (RFA) is to facilitate the planning and designing of reciprocal innovation projects focusing on one of the identified priority areas. Projects must be led by a principal investigator from one of the three research Indiana CTSI institutions (IU, Purdue, and University of Notre Dame) as part of a collaborative partnership with local partners (e.g., Indiana state health partners, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, health systems, government agencies) and global partners from low- or middle-income countries (LMIC). Successful applicants will demonstrate an understanding of shared health challenges in underserved communities in Indiana and LMIC settings as well as a commitment to the development of new programs or partnerships that will result in the development and demonstration of reciprocal innovation projects in the future.

This award is designed to support the preliminary phase of partnership development and project planning. It may be used to support: travel to engage partners, development of project teams, identifying promising health innovations for demonstration, development of evidence to support the demonstration of a reciprocal innovation in Indiana or LMIC setting, training to prepare for a reciprocal innovation demonstration project, and other activities needed to prepare competitive demonstration grant applications for reciprocal innovation.

Supports the purchase of equipment by IU School of Medicine CTSI Designated Service Cores that will enhance the research environment and contribute to the research mission of the IU School of Medicine and the Indiana CTSI.
Proposals requesting equipment that costs between $5,000 - $100,000 will be accepted. Proposals for equipment costing more than $100,000 will be entertained if matching funds to cover the balance are identified.

This RFA is a competitive opportunity in the form of an expense account for use of core facility services. Funding is to be used only for services provided by the core facilities. Applicants may also participate as proposal reviewers. Post-doctoral fellows at IU, IUSM, IUPUI, Purdue and Notre Dame are eligible.
Awards are up to $5,000 per proposal for a one-year project period.

The goal of this RFA is to foster and encourage research for the prevention, treatment and cure of traumatic spinal cord and brain injuries, including acute management, medical complications, rehabilitative techniques, and neuronal recovery.

Awards are up to a maximum of $80,000 per year for two years (total of $160,000) for basic science, up to a maximum of $100,000 per year for two years (total of $200,000) for clinical research, and up to $100,000 for one year for early commercialization proposals targeting new technologies (i.e. diagnostic or therapeutic drugs / devices).

Supports the planning and collaborative team building across campuses to develop of large multi-investigator and/or multi-project, milestone-driven, translational research teams who are planning to eventually submit a multi-year extramural grant applications with annual budgets of $300K or higher in direct costs per year. Teams must be lead by an IUB PI with members of the gram from other Indiana CTSI affiliate campuses.

Award amount is up to $100,000 per year for up to two (2) years.

The goal of this RFA is to support new didactic and clinical teaching tools that serve as unique solutions to complex educational processes. Applicants must be IU Health employees or physicians with medical staff privileges at Indiana University Health or persons with significant teaching responsibilities or who hold a special assignment at IU Health.
Award amounts are up to a maximum of $50,000 per year for two years.

The goal of this RFA is to support:

1. Discovery of new knowledge and the development of new diagnostic, treatment and prevention modalities to improve patient care outcomes.
2. Promotion of health in the population and the provision of health care of the highest quality to its patients while also aiding the hospital to become more efficient.
3. Projects that demonstrate collaboration between any Indiana University Health hospital campuses including system hospitals.

Awards are up to $100,000 and are of a two (2) year duration, with a $50,000 per year maximum.

The Indiana CTSI K12 Career Development Award in Clinical-Translational Science Research is designed to provide promising early career investigators with the opportunity to be mentored in research-intensive, multi-disciplinary settings toward the goal of developing careers in clinical-translational science research. Applicants must meet specific eligibility requirements.
Awards offer up to 75% salary support, capped at $100,000 annually, and protected time for research and participation in career development training. In addition, the award offers up to $10,500 per year for the scholar’s pilot research and training-related expenses. The award is for two years, contingent upon satisfactory progress at the end of year one.

Research Project Development Teams (PDTs) are groups of experienced senior faculty located on each of the Indiana CTSI campuses who will connect you with resources, collaboration opportunities, and small (typically up to $15,000) awards for preliminary or additional data. Each PDT is designed around a common research theme.

There are biostatisticians and regulatory experts on each team, and other experts are added, as needed, to the team to when your application is discussed. You will have access to the expertise and knowledge you need all in one place.

The PDT application process is contingent on the stage of the project. You have selected the application process for pilot funding from the PDTs for an external resubmission. If you are seeking pilot funding prior to an external resubmission please use Research Project Development Teams (PDTs):  Project Revision

Research Project Development Teams (PDTs) are groups of experienced senior faculty located on each of the Indiana CTSI campuses who will connect you with resources, collaboration opportunities, and small (typically up to $15,000) awards for preliminary or additional data. Each PDT is designed around a common research theme.

There are biostatisticians and regulatory experts on each team, and other experts are added, as needed, to the team to when your application is discussed. You will have access to the expertise and knowledge you need all in one place.

The PDT application process is contingent on the stage of the project. You have selected the application process for pilot funding from the PDTs for a first time external submission. If you are seeking pilot funding prior to an external resubmission please use Research Project Development Teams (PDTs):  Project Revision

The goal of this RFA is to foster research projects but (per donor intent) exclusive of research in psychiatry, sociology, or social studies.
Awards are up to $75,000 (indirect costs) for one year and must include indirect costs. Some PI salary is allowed (see full RFA for details.).

Supports any aspect of population health that will result in an external funding and ultimately lead to the improvement of population health outcomes. Applications require a partnership between an IUB faculty member and a community or public health liaison (e.g., non-profit organization, local public health department) external to IUB, or a collaborator at another Indiana CTSI partner institution.
Award amounts are up to $50,000/year for two years for a total of $100,000.