Research

Bridges to Translation offers funding for pilot projects

HERSHEY, Pa. — As part of its mission to accelerate discoveries to benefit human health, Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) regularly awards funding to support pilot projects through its Bridges to Translation award.

The translation of biomedical and health discoveries to application is a long and complex process with high costs and substantial failure rates. The institute now seeks to fund pilot projects that build linkages and overcome roadblocks at any stage in the translational process.

 

Special consideration will be given to projects that focus on development or applications addressing social and environmental determinants of health, specifically as these relate to rural and other vulnerable populations who experience health disparities.

This topic includes, but is not limited to:

  • Social determinants.
  • Environmental determinants.
  • Study of and/or interventions focused on diseases of despair (Case & Deaton, PNAS 2015).
  • New or new applications of methodologies including telemedicine, community-engaged research, big data modeling, etc., in research on the determinants of health.
  • Population health and patient-centered outcome research.

 

Award amount

CTSI will provide up to $300,000 to support up to 10 interdisciplinary, multi-investigator projects. Awards will be capped at a $50,000 budget.

Eligibility

The principal investigator must hold a Penn State faculty appointment. This includes faculty members at all Penn State campuses. Proposals from multidisciplinary, cross-campus teams, led by junior investigators with senior investigators on the team, will be most competitive.

Important dates

Office hours

On Friday, Nov. 19, potential applicants have an opportunity to join open office hours and ask questions related to the application. Join this Zoom room from 10-11 a.m. and 2:30-3:30 p.m. Issues accessing the Zoom link? Email ctsi@pennstatehealth.psu.edu. 

Letter of intent

Dec. 10, 2021, at 5 p.m.

Full proposal invitations

Dec. 21, 2021

Full Application due date

Feb. 18, 2022, at 5 p.m.

Award announcement

May 18, 2022

Anticipated funding start date

Sept. 1, 2022

View more application information on InfoReady here.

Last Updated November 17, 2021