UIC CCTS accepting LOIs for the 2025 Pilot Grant Program
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The Pilot Grant Program seeks to foster outstanding interdisciplinary translational science aimed at advancing health equity.
Center for Clinical and Translational Science pilot projects address urgent questions or develop preliminary data that can be used to launch new NIH or other externally-funded research proposals. We encourage interdisciplinary teams of investigators that span across colleges and campuses to develop new collaborations or research avenues. The Pilot Grant Program also promotes interactions between basic, clinical, social, and community-based scientists.
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We anticipate funding 4-6 projects at up to $25,000 starting June 1, 2025.
The expectation at the end of the 12-month grant cycle is that awardees will have generated preliminary data, or data that helps respond to prior submitted proposal critiques, that will be used in an external (e.g., NIH) grant proposal. The Pilot Grant application needs to include concrete proposal submission and publication plans, including dates.
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Proposed projects should result in generalizable solutions for common scientific and operational bottlenecks.
That is, develop innovations that address persistent challenges to advancing translational progress that are found across multiple research initiatives or projects, or span research on multiple diseases or conditions. Learn more.
Eligible projects should be able to address the following questions:
- Does the project address a barrier in clinical translational science?
- Might the results lead to generalizable lessons learned and be applicable to more than one specific disease or disorder?
- Does the project address an important problem or a critical barrier to progress in the field?
- If the aims of the project are achieved, how will scientific knowledge, technical capability, and/or clinical practice be improved?
- How will successful completion of the aims change the concepts, methods, technologies, treatments, services, or preventative interventions that drive this field?
Information Session October 14 Heading link
We strongly encourage potential applicants to attend a virtual information session on Monday, October 14, 2024 from 1:00 – 2:00pm.
Application Timeline Heading link
- RFA release date: Monday, September 30, 2024
- LOIs due: Friday, November 1, 2024 by 5:00 PM CT
- Invitations for full application: Monday, December 16, 2024
- Full applications due: Friday, February 21, 2025 by 5:00 PM CT
- Award notification: Monday, April 7, 2025
- Award start date: Sunday, June 1, 2025