Applicant & Awardee Resources
CTSI provides guidance documents and resources for investigators for preparing a research grant application or fulfilling requirements for study approvals.
CTSI provides guidance documents and resources for investigators for preparing a research grant application or fulfilling requirements for study approvals.
The documents below are designed for reviewers but are also helpful for applicants to understand the characteristics comprising a high-quality, competitive proposal.
The NIH offers a 4-part series of online tutorials covering the basics of preparing, writing, and submitting your application.
Investigators who are nominated for or awarded a CTSI Pilot award may be required to submit documentation for NCATS Prior Approval for human subjects research.
NCATS is the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences which holds the parent award supporting CTSI. As such, CTSI and all pilot awardees supported by the CTSI are subject to the NCATS requirement for Prior Approval of human subjects research.
The following is an except from the NCATS Prior Approval FAQs page.
Prior approval is required for human subjects research with all pilot projects funded by NCATS, in full or partially, and for any pilot projects using institutional commitment specifically mentioned in the grant application.
CTSI has developed a REDCap repository into which PIs will upload documents and which includes detailed instructions and templates to facilitate this process. PIs of projects that are subject to this requirement will be sent a link to this REDCap survey as soon as notification of recommendation for funding is issued.
Important Notes
The current version of the NCATS Prior Approval Checklist is provided below as a reference only, since it is subject to change. The CTSI REDCap repository will include the most up-to-date version and will be made available to all eligible PIs at the time of notification of recommendation for funding.
Important Reminder – Please acknowledge the AHW REP and NIH when publishing or presenting any outcomes resulting from your study by including the CTSI Funding Acknowledgement. Please also refer to the AHW REP Award Administration Manual for the AHW Acknowledgement Policy.
AHW REP Award Administration Manual
Applications for CTSI funding opportunities for projects which have an MCW PI must be routed through eBridge.
The MCW PI must create a Funding Proposal (FP) which must be submitted to the MCW Grants & Contracts Office (GCO) no later than 5 business days before the CTSI submission deadline as indicated on the Request for Applications.
Please select the button below to view specific instructions on how to complete eBridge SmartForms for our various funding pipelines.
Linking Faculty to Grant Opportunities
With hundreds of funding sources with thousands of individual programs and opportunities determining which of these sources are appropriate for your projects, can be a daunting task that demands a variety of approaches.
In an effort to assist you in advancing your research, funding search services are being offered by MCW Libraries and the Office of Research in partnership with the Office of Development to alert you to potential funding opportunities.
NIH Funding Acknowledgment: Important Reminder – Please acknowledge the NIH when publishing papers, patents, projects, and presentations resulting from the use of CTSI resources by including the NIH Funding Acknowledgement.