CDI/CTSI Team Science Awards

CDI/CTSI Children's Health Team Science Award

Letter of Intent Due Date: February 10, 2015 (Finalists for full applications notified by March 6, 2015)

Application Due Date: May 1, 2015, 5 pm PST Funding Period July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016

Funding Amount: Up to $100,000/year for one year to support salary, benefits and research supplies

The UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and the UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute (CDI) are pleased to announce the CTSI/CDI Children's Health Team Science Award for research teams from UCLA and CTSI partner institutions (Cedars-Sinai, Charles Drew University, LA-Biomed) and CTSI-affiliated institutions (RAND, Olive View UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center UCLA Medical Center, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System) to conduct novel, multidisciplinary, team-oriented and high-impact research in Children's Health. The team-oriented approach is essential to the feasibility and potential success of the proposal. Applicants are encouraged to follow NIH-style grant guidelines and scientific review criteria for their research proposals. Teams are expected to generate data that will lead not only to academic products but also to the submission of high-quality R01- level or P01-level proposals to public agencies or private foundations.

The CTSI/CDI Children's Health Team Science Award will support four initial CDI research themes, intended to be broadly and inclusively interpreted, to help investigators develop forums for this multidisciplinary work. Each team should have a central focus on a related set of clinical disorders related to these research themes.