The Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) funded 10 USC and CHLA researchers for the Spring 2018 award cycle. The SC CTSI awards over $400K annually in clinical and community research or in improving research methods and processes.  These awards are intended to support preliminary research that will lead to larger extramurally-funded human mechanistic studies, clinical trials, community trials, health outcomes research, or implementation research.  They are also intended to support the development and testing of new approaches and/or tools that increase the speed, efficiency, safety and/or quality of clinical, community, health outcomes and/or implementation research.

“For the Spring 2018 award cycle, we received 70 applications,” said Sarah Hamm-Alvarez, PhD, director of the SC CTSI Research Development core.  “Our funding opportunities really do support a wide range of research needs, career stages, and disciplines, so if faculty missed the Spring 2018 award cycle we encourage them to apply in Spring 2019,” Dr. Hamm-Alvarez added.

View a full list of the Spring 2018 pilot awardees and learn about SC CTSI’s funding opportunities.

Want to apply for the Spring 2019 award cycle? Learn more about our pilot funding opportunities by attending one of our Research Development Outreach Tours:

• Friday, September 28^th: CHLA Resource Fair (all faculty) 
• Friday, September 28^th: School of Dentistry (Dentistry faculty only) 
• Wednesday, October 3^rd: Health Science Campus (CER) (all faculty) 
• Wednesday, October 10^th: University Park Campus (CER) (all faculty) 
• Monday, October 15^th: Occupational Therapy (OT faculty only) 
• Thursday, October 18^th: Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy (PT faculty only) 
• Friday, October 26^th: CHLA (CER) (all faculty) 
•  Monday, November 5^th: SC CTSI Pilot Funding Informational Session (all faculty)

SC CTSI is a member of the National Institutes of Health-funded Clinical and Translational Science Awards consortium. Under the banner of Translating Science into Solutions for Better Health, the institute provides a wide range of services and training opportunities for researchers.