Funding Calendar

The UNM CTSC provides a variety of Requests for Pilot Funding that distribute intramural funding for clinical and translational research at the Health Sciences Center, including two rounds of funding for our standard RFAs annually. If you have questions, please contact the CTSC Concierge.

Important Notices:

• Each pilot submission must have its own standalone IRB protocol.
• Amendments or a sub-study/ancillary study to an existing IRB-approved parent protocol are not allowed.
• Pilot application title must match IRB protocol title and be reflected on the approval letter.
• Principal Investigator of the pilot application must match the Principal Investigator on the IRB protocol and be reflected on the approval letter.
• Applications without IRB submission by the IRB submission deadline listed in the RFA will be administratively disqualified. This provides HRPO with efficient time to review all submissions prior to the application deadline.
• Projects that do not have IRB determination by the pilot application deadline isted in the RFA will not be considered for funding.
• Applications must include proof of IRB approval or IRB Determination of non-human subjects research.
• NIH requires their prior approval of all projects containing human subjects research or vertebrate animals that are supported by NCATS Funds. CTSA administrators will start this process after a project is chosen for funidng. There will be a Just In Time notification sent to those projects that enter this process.
• All projects involving human subjects, are strongly encouraged to meet with the CTSA’s Regulatory Affairs Manager for consultation and planning purposes. Refer to the RFA for further specific information.

Helpful Links

Current Funding Opportunities
Instructions and Templates
Huron IRB submission system
Frequently Asked Questions