Pilot Translational & Clinical Studies Program

Aims

The specific aims of the PTCS program are:

By bringing together the research communities of the four leading academic institutions of southeast Wisconsin (MCW, MU, UWM, MSOE), the efforts of the collaborative, multi-disciplinary research teams enhance the technologies and expertise of each partner institution.

Pilot grants that support the research projects of these teams not only stimulate research but also facilitate the nucleation of researchers from various disciplines to perform team science. This instills a more robust and rewarding environment for translational and clinical science at the participating institutions in order to transform the research environment within them to align with the objectives of the National Institutes of Health.