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Mentored Trainee Translational Science Pilot Award

This award provides up to $25,000 over one year to support research trainees as they build a solid research foundation that will help them obtain the most prestigious fellowship or grant possible following the project. The pilot project should be part of a long-term plan to become an independent investigator and must address a translational challenge or barrier and meet the definition of translational science research. Translational Science is the field of investigation focused on understanding the scientific and operational principles underlying each step of the translational research process.

Maximum Funding Amount: $25,000
Audience: Graduate Students, Medical Students, Postdocs, Residents, and Fellows
Letters of Intent Due: October 21, 2024
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Eligibility

All UR pre-doctoral students, fellows, postdocs and residents are eligible for awards in the Trainee categories. Faculty members are not eligible to serve as principal investigators for Trainee category awards.

All submissions must have a Faculty Sponsor. In addition to serving as the trainee’s Primary Mentor, a Faculty Sponsor, takes responsibility for the conduct of the trainee and study, is listed as PI on the IRB protocol and oversees the financial management of the project.

Funding Amount

The TS03 award provides up to $25,000 over one year.

Important Dates

The following dates apply to the current solicitation:

Initial Letter of Intent (LOI) and Specific Aims due - October 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Notification of full proposal solicitation - December 9, 2024
Full proposals due - January 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Notifications of Award - March 24, 2025
Anticipated start date - July 1, 2025
Award period ends - June 30, 2026

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Solicitation and Review Process

Phase 1: Applicants submit a two-page Letter of Intent (LOI) stating their specific aims and summarizing their proposals. The UR CTSI review committee specific to each submission category will evaluate, score, and discuss the LOIs.

Phase 2: A subset of applicants will be invited to submit full proposals. The UR CTSI Review Committee specific to each submission category will engage in a formal study section-style discussion and scoring meeting for proposals. Funding recommendations go to the UR CTSI Executive Team for a final review and decision on funding.

The Pilot Studies Funding Attestation must be submitted with the initial Letter of Intent and full proposal.

Note: All animal and human subject protocols must be approved by NCATS, the NIH institute funding the UR CTSI, prior to the start date. No funds for research project costs may be released until all required human subjects and animal welfare approvals have been received.

Please note that UR CTSI awards and funding are dependent upon the renewal of grants from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Application Selection

Highly competitive applications will address a specific translational barrier using a disease or use case in a way that could convincingly be applied across multiple diseases, conditions or scientific fields

Contact

If you have questions regarding this RFA, please contact one of the following.

General inquiries
Karen Grabowski, ctsi@urmc.rochester.edu

Scientific and Peer Review
OJ Sahler, MD, oj_sahler@urmc.rochester.edu
Edward Schwarz, PhD, edward_schwarz@urmc.rochester.edu

Financial Inquiries
Mary Lyons, mary_lyons@urmc.rochester.edu

Awardees and Projects

Current Projects

Building a Better Roadmap: Creating a Foundation for Anticipatory Guidance in Parkinson's Disease
Jennifer Corcoran, MD, Instructor, Department of Neurology, Movement Disorders
Mentor: Benzi M. Kluger, MD, MS

Diabetes Screening in Dental offices: the feasibility of the DIA-DENT Program
Harold Nii-Aponsah, DDS, MPH, MS, Resident Dentist, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, Community Dentistry and Oral Disease Preventions
Mentor: Sangeeta Gajendra, DDS, MPH, MS

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