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UPMC Family Medicine Scholarship Day 2024 Meeting together to discuss and share scholarship in UPMC Family Medicine Residencies.
TiDe: Training in Diversity education program TiDe Program
Pitt Innovation Challenge (PInCh) 2023 The Pitt Innovation Challenge (PInCh®) 2023 is seeking your bold solution to any challenging health problem! Apply with your technology, therapeutic, or program that make a real impact in the health of people, places, and communities. University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute
UPSoM Curriculum Reform Idea Competition Idea Competition 2021 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pitt Innovation Challenge (PInCh) 2021 The Pitt Innovation Challenge (PInCh®) 2021 is seeking your bold solution to a challenging health problem. We encourage proposals from any discipline and on any topic that impacts health. Ideas can span the spectrum of health and healthcare,... University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Virginia Kaufman Pain Research Challenge The Virginia Kaufman Pain Research Challenge is a funding opportunity for ideas and solutions associated with both physiological and psychological pain. Research solutions can address the dynamics of pain, causes and alleviation of pain, and... The Virginia Kaufman Endowment Fund and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute
WORDOUT: Community Research Dissemination Challenge 2020 The WORDOUT Community Research Dissemination Challenge is an exciting opportunity for community organizations to pair up with researchers to offer ideas for getting the "word out" about the latest in research dissemination. CTSI Community PARTners Core
Pitt Innovation Challenge 2020 The Pitt Innovation Challenge (PInCh) 2020 is seeking your innovative solution to a challenging health problem. We encourage proposals from any discipline and on any topic that impacts health. Ideas can span the spectrum of health and healthcare,... University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Pain Research Challenge 2020 The Pain Research Challenge is a funding opportunity for ideas and solutions associated with both physiological and psychological pain. Research solutions can address the dynamics of pain, causes and alleviation of pain, and treatment to prevent... The Virginia Kaufman Endowment Fund and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute
WORDOUT: Community Research Dissemination Challenge 2018 The WORDOUT Community Research Dissemination Challenge is an exciting opportunity for community organizations to offer ideas for getting the "word out" about the latest in research dissemination. CTSI Community PARTners Core
Pain Research Challenge 2017 The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the University of Pittsburgh is soliciting applications to the Pain Research Challenge. Awards will be funded by the Virginia Kaufman Endowment Fund and CTSI. Research solutions can address... The Virginia Kaufman Endowment Fund and the Clinical and Translationional Science Institute
2017 Randall Family Big Idea Competition This competition is the largest student innovation competition in the region - open only to Pitt students University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute
WORDOUT: Community Research Dissemination Challenge 2016 The WORDOUT Community Research Dissemination Challenge is an exciting opportunity for community organizations to offer ideas for getting the "word out" about the latest in research findings. CTSI Community PARTners Core
Pitt Pharmacy Challenge: problem videos This is a "Peoples' Choice" style site where constituents will watch and rate videos which describe specific problems that will be the focus of the 2017 Pitt Pharmacy Hackathon. This Hackathon is built to be the first part of the University of... University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institutes
Big Idea Support To be used by IT staff for support of competitions and applications. CTSI
ProtoHype: Need it, Make it, Win it! Develop your medical device or biomedical research tool. Pitt researchers bring the concept, TechShop members bring the technical expertise and craftsmanship. Teams work together to bring their concept to prototype. Clinical and Translational Science Institute and TechShop Pittsburgh
ProtoHype: Need it, Make it, Win it (for TechShop members) Develop your medical device or biomedical research tool. Pitt researchers bring the concept, TechShop members bring the technical expertise and craftsmanship. Teams work together to bring their concept to prototype. Clinical and Translational Science Institute and TechShop Pittsburgh
The Center for Behavioral Health + Smart Technology's National Innovation Contest The Center for Behavioral Health + Smart Technology’s National Innovation Contest invites contestants who can formulate creative new ideas that can solve the inventor's dilemma to simultaneously improve health and reduce health care spending. Win... UPMC Health Plan
PInCh 2016: What is your bold solution to a vital health problem? The Clinical and Translational Science Institute is sponsoring the 4th Pitt Innovation Challenge. This year’s challenge is focused on bold solutions in health. CTSI aims to move health-related research projects along the translational spectrum, not... University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Pilot Awards for Precision Medicine in Cancer and Other Disciplines The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and Institute for Personalized Medicine (IPM) are partnering to support 4 pilot projects (each $50,000/y x 2y) that advance the implementation of precision medicine in cancer and other clinical... University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and The Institute for Personalized Medicine
Pain Research Challenge The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the University of Pittsburgh is soliciting applications to the Pain Research Challenge. Awards will be funded by the Virginia Kaufman Endowment Fund and CTSI. Research solutions can address... The Virginia Kaufman Endowment Fund and the Clinical and Translationional Science Institute
2016 Randall Family Big Idea Competition This competition is an experience-based learning opportunity for Pitt students interested in developing a big idea towards startup creation. University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute
PInCh 2015: Healthy Lives Matter Beginning to End We seek innovative solutions to improve health with a focus on connections that bridge the lifespan. Do you have an idea for how we can enhance health by bridging factors that impact life stages? The Clinical and Translational Science Institute is... University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute
AskMe.HearMe Video Contest Participants in the AskMe.HearMe research study will be watching a video to learn about the study and what they'll be doing. We want to hear (and see!) how YOU would present this information. For complete details, including eligibility and video...
UpPrize: BNY Mellon Social Innovation Challenge The UpPrize is an award of up to $1 million invested in those Pittsburgh entrepreneurs that are working to solve some of the most important challenges of our day. (Note: if you do not have a LinkedIn account and are unable to create one, please... BNY Mellon
30, 300, 3000 Pain Research Challenge The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) is looking for solutions that can address the dynamics and causes of pain or methods for the alleviation and treatment of pain. Awards will be funded by the Virginia Kaufman Endowment Fund. Virginia Kaufman Endowment Fund and CTSI
wordout: Community Research Dissemination Challenge 2015 The wordout Community Research Dissemination Challenge is an exciting new opportunity for community organizations to offer ideas for getting the word out about the latest in research findings. Community PARTners Core
2015 Randall Family Big Idea Competition This competition is designed to be an experience-based learning opportunity for Pitt students interested in finding a big idea and discovering how to take it to the next steps towards start-up creation. University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute
PInCh Summer 2014 From cell to community: How can we better individualize solutions for better health(care)? CTSI
PInCh Fall 2014 Empowering individuals to take control of their own health outcomes. CTSI
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Implementation Lab Pilot Awards The University of Pittsburgh’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)’s Implementation Lab aims to connect researchers with health care leaders and policymakers to implement partner-defined priority evidence-based practices
CTSI - CSO Commercialization and Innovation Pilot Awards These awards are part of a series of funding opportunities to stimulate research for which implementation may involve inventions or commercialization.
CRISP: CTSI's Research Initiative For Special Populations 2022 CRISP offers campus investigators up to $25,000 in funding to support research initiatives that work with groups that are frequently underrepresented in research.
Willingness to Participate (W2P) Pilot Award This Pilot award will support research on how people choose to participate in research. The W2P Pilot awards will be projects that help understand research receptivity and engagement of the general public or specific populations, and projects that...
Public Health Trans-Disciplinary Collaboration The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) at the University of Pittsburgh seek applications for the Public Health Trans-Disciplinary Collaboration Pilot Awards. These awards will support...
Exploring Existing Data Resources Pilot Awards This Pilot Award should stimulate exploration, novel analyses, or novel applications of the many biorepositories and data collections that are already available or develop new skills for the investigator team.
CTSI Dissemination and Implementation Science Pilot Awards (DISPA) - 2021 Cycle These pilot awards will support new or ongoing research that focuses on using dissemination and implementation research methods to support the adoption, implementation or maintenance of an evidence-based practice or program.
Quantitative Methodologies Pilot Program (QuMP) - 2021 Funding Cycle Quantitative Methodologies Pilot Program (QuMP) - 2021 Funding Cycle Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Core
Disparities in COVID-19 Therapeutics and Vaccination Pilot Grant Program This funding opportunity is for pilot research related to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Proposals must investigate a problem directly related to COVID-19. There are no restrictions on whether this work is basic science, clinical science,...
Biomedical Modeling Pilot Awards - Fall 2020 Funding Cycle These awards support new research that combines experimental approaches with predictive mathematical or computational models to improve understanding of health, medicine and disease. CTSI Modeling Core
MIDAS COVID-19 Urgent Grant Program - Supplemental Awards - Rolling Application Period COVID-19 Modeling Urgent Grant Program for the Modeling of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS)
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Geographical Determinants of Health This funding opportunity is for pilot translational research projects focused on geographical determinants of health and geographical barriers to health care delivery. Special Populations Core of CTSI
Aging Institute and Hillman Cancer Center Seed Grant Pilot Funding Program This program seeks to fund team-based, transdisciplinary, basic, translational or clinical pilot proposals that focus on the intersection of cancer and aging. UPMC Aging Institute and Hillman Cancer Center
Pittsburgh Liver Research Center Pilot / Feasibility Grants This funding opportunity is intended to fund new initiatives and/or support new investigators who are pursuing liver-related research that should lead to R01-type funding or other extramural support at a later date. Pittsburgh Liver Research Center
Pilot Program for Human-Centered Design CTSI is offering investigators the chance to receive training in the fundamentals of Human-Centered Design (HCD). This opportunity is being offered in collaboration with the LUMA Institute, a local design firm that specializes in equipping...
Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Regenerative Medicine Resource Center: Interdisciplinary Translational Project (ITP) Program - Cycle 3 MPWRM Resource Center’s ITP Program is designed to support the translation of promising technologies that address clear unmet clinical needs with market potential in the Dental Oral Craniofacial (DOC) space. The objective of this one year support... NIH/NIDCR
Regenerative Rehabilitation Seventh Annual Symposium - Poster Applications Poster applications for the Annual Symposium on Regenerative Rehabilitation are now being accepted.
AR3T Pilot Funding Program - Fall 2017 Application Cycle As a means to support creative, interdisciplinary researchers in expansion of their Regenerative Rehabilitation research, we have established the AR3T Pilot Funding Program. This program will promote new collaborations and provide opportunities for... Alliance for Regenerative Rehabilitation Research and Training
Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Regenerative Medicine Resource Center: Interdisciplinary Translational Project (ITP) Program MPWRM Resource Center’s ITP Program is designed to support the translation of promising technologies that address clear unmet clinical needs with market potential in the Dental Oral Craniofacial (DOC) space. The objective of this one year support... NIH/NIDCR
AR3T Sabbatical Opportunities 2017-2018 The Regenerative Rehabilitation Sabbatical Opportunities program is designed to stimulate and support research conducted by junior doctoral-level trainees, post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty members. Alliance for Regenerative Rehabilitation Research and Training
Technology Development Grant Challenge Technology Development Grant Challenge Alliance for Regenerative Rehabilitation Research and Training
Regenerative Rehabilitation Sixth Annual Symposium - Travel Awards The travel award program for the Annual Symposium on Regenerative Rehabilitation supports the participation of rehabilitation trainees, fellows, junior scientists and clinicians at the Symposium. Alliance for Regenerative Rehabilitation Research and Training
Translational Research Pilot Awards T3/T4: Clinical Practice and Population Health — Spring 2017 The CTSI Translational Pilot Awards were created to encourage and support collaborative research efforts across the translational spectrum. These awards are split into two tracks to cover the full range and diversity of translational research... CTSI Pilot Core
Translational Research Pilot Awards T1/T2: Early Stage Clinical Testing — Spring 2017 The CTSI Translational Research Pilot Awards are designed to encourage and support collaborative research efforts across the translational spectrum. These awards are split into two tracks to cover the full range and diversity of translational... CTSI Pilot Core
Trialspark Please provide a one page proposal including a brief study description, current recruitment plan and end date, number currently recruited and recruitment goal, and a brief statement describing why your study would benefit from Trialspark services CTSI
Fifth Annual International Symposium on Regenerative Rehabilitation - Travel Awards The travel award program for the Annual International Symposium on Regenerative Rehabilitation supports the participation of rehabilitation trainees, fellows, junior scientists and clinicians at the Symposium. Alliance for Regenerative Rehabilitation Research and Training
AR3T Pilot Funding Program - Fall 2016 Application Cycle As a means to support creative, interdisciplinary researchers in expansion of their Regenerative Rehabilitation research, we have established the AR3T Pilot Funding Program. This program will promote new collaborations and provide opportunities for... Alliance for Regenerative Rehabilitation Research and Training
CTSI Translational Research Pilot Awards (T1/T2 – Early stage clinical testing) The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the University of Pittsburgh is now seeking applications for the CTSI Translational Research Pilot Awards (T1/T2 – Early stage clinical testing). These awards are for research efforts that...
CTSI Translational Research Pilot Awards (T3/T4 – Clinical practice and population health) The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the University of Pittsburgh is now seeking applications for the CTSI Translational Research Pilot Awards(T3/T4 – Clinical practice and population health). These awards are for research...
Biomedical Modeling Pilot Awards The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the University of Pittsburgh is now seeking applications for Biomedical Modeling Pilot Awards. These awards support new research that combines experimental approaches with predictive...
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Regenerative Rehabilitation Fifth Annual Symposium - Poster Applications Poster applications for the Annual Symposium on Regenerative Rehabilitation are now being accepted. GA Tech Neural Engineering
AR3T Pilot Funding Program - Fall 2015 Application Cycle As a means to support creative, interdisciplinary researchers in expansion of their Regenerative Rehabilitation research, we have established the AR3T Pilot Funding Program. This program will promote new collaborations and provide opportunities for... Alliance for Regenerative Rehabilitation Research and Training

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