Element E: Clinical and Translational Science Research Program

The Consortium for Translational and Precision Health’s Clinical and Translational Science Research Program supports research addressing key challenges in clinical and translational science.

The goal of the Clinical and Translational Science Research Program is to develop, demonstrate and disseminate innovations that accelerate clinical and translational science at UM1 CTSA Program Hubs.

Element E supports discrete research projects that address a significant challenge in clinical and translational science. Proposed projects should not only answer a translational research question within a specific disease or intervention but also generate generalizable clinical and translational science innovations or insights that can advance the overall efficiency or effectiveness of clinical and translational science across CTSA UM1 Program Hubs.

If you have any questions regarding the Clinical and Translational Science Research Program, please contact CTPH@bcm.edu.

Request for Applications

Element E opportunities are released every two to three years. Past request for applications (RFAs) are provided for reference only. Requirements and timelines may change in future cycles.

Program Attributes

  • Translational Science (TS): The field of investigation focused on understanding the scientific and operational principles underlying each step of the translational process.

    Translational Research (TR): Defined by NCATS as the endeavor to traverse a particular step of the translational process for a particular target or disease.

  • Precision medicine, also called personalized medicine, helps healthcare providers find person’s unique disease risks and treatments that will work best for him/her. Precision health is broader—it includes precision medicine but also includes approaches that occur outside the setting of a healthcare provider's office or hospital, such as disease prevention and health promotion activities.

    Source: Precision Health: Predict and Prevent Disease | Genomics and Your Health | CDC

  • CTS Research Program awards may range per year in direct costs for a typical award period of 2 to 3 years. No-cost extensions are not permitted, so it is critical that the proposed work can be completed within the funding period. Please refer to the latest active RFA, as award amounts and periods may change.

  • Applicants are strongly encouraged to use Services — CTPH in their proposals. During the Concept Proposal stage, applicants should review the CTPH Resources & Services and identify which services may be relevant to their project.

  • All Concept Proposals and Full Proposals will be submitted through InfoReady.

  • ‍ Questions regarding the CTS Research Program and application process, should contact CTPH@bcm.edu.

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Program Awardees

  • Tools & Methods for Automated Cleaning, Annotating and Summarizing EHR Data

    Thom Taylor, Ph.D., Andrew Zimolzak, M.D, Bo Peng, Ph.D., Brian Reed, M.D.
    Baylor College of Medicine and University of Houston

Request for Applications

  • Request for Applications

    The Letter of Intent (LOI) cycle has closed.

    Download RFA

Program Awardees

  • Tools & Methods for Automated Cleaning, Annotating and Summarizing EHR Data

    Thom Taylor, Ph.D.; Andrew Zimolzak, MD; Bo Peng, Ph.D.; Brian Reed, MD
    Baylor College of Medicine and University of Houston

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