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 CTSC Administrative Officer, Liz Torrez or the CTSC Concierge.

Funding Opportunity	RFA Release	Due Date	Funding Period	Amount
CTSC Translational and Clinical Pilot Project Award	Round 1: May Round 2: November	Round 1: 3rd Friday in September Round 2: 3rd Friday in March	Round 1: December 1–November 30 Round 2: June 1–May 31	$25,000
CTSC Innovation & Commercialization Award	Round 1: May Round 2: November	Round 1: 3^rd Friday in September Round 2: 3^rd Friday in March	Round 1: December 1–November 30 Round 2: June 1–May 31	$25,000
CTSC/DCI Kidney Pilot Project Award	Round 1: May Round 2: November	Round 1: 3^rd Friday in September Round 2: 3^rd Friday in March	Round 1: December 1–November 30 Round 2: June 1–May 31	$25,000
CTSC Linking Clinical Trials to Drug Discovery and Repurposing Award	Round 1: May Round 2: November	Round 1: 3^rd Friday in September Round 2: 3^rd Friday in March	Round 1: December 1–November 30 Round 2: June 1–May 31	$25,000 - $50,000
CTSC/AIM: Targeted Pilot Project Award in Autophagy	Round 1: May Round 2: November	Round 1: 3^rd Friday in September Round 2: 3^rd Friday in March	Round 1: December 1–November 30 Round 2: June 1–May 31	$20,000
CTSC/EHSP: Environmental Health Signature Program and Superfund Research Center Pilot Project Award	Round 1: May Round 2: November	Round 1: 3^rd Friday in September Round 2: 3^rd Friday in March	Round 1: December 1–November 30 Round 2: June 1–May 31	$25,000
CTSC Wicked Problems: Targeted Pilot Project Award	Round 1: May Round 2: November	Round 1: 3^rd Friday in September Round 2: 3^rd Friday in March	Round 1: December 1–November 30 Round 2: June 1–May 31	$25,000
CTSC Inter-Institutional Pilot Project Award	December	Letter of Intent: Mid February Application Deadline: Mid April	July 1–June 30	Up to $25,000 per institution
RAC Grants	N/A	Round 1: 1^st Friday in February Round 2: 1^st Friday in June Round 3: 1^st Friday in October	Round 1: March 1–February 28 Round 2: July 1–June 30 Round 3: November 1–October 31	$25,000
CTR-IN Single Site Pilot Project	December	Nomination Packet Due: Early January Invitation: Mid January Final Proposal: Early April	July 15–June 30 Announcement: Mid June	$60,000
CTR-IN Multi Site Pilot Project	December	Nomination Packet Due: Mid January Invitation: Late January Final Proposal: Mid April	July 15–June 30 Announcement: Mid June	$90,000 - $150,000

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.

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Cite the Grant: This project is supported by an award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health under grant number UL1TR001449.

Link the Grant: To your publication in NCBI My Bibliography (Pandhi & Campen, PIs)

CTSC Research Concierge
505-272-3183

Funding Calendar

Funding Opportunity

RFA Release

Due Date

Funding Period

Amount

Important Notices:

Helpful Links

Questions about a Pilot Award?

Request CTSC Services

CTSC Research Concierge505-272-3183

CTSC Research Concierge
505-272-3183