Current Funding Opportunities
Upcoming deadlines
Applications accepted on a continuous basis for the following funding programs:
- Community Health Collaborative Pilot Grant
- Committee for Pharmaceutical Development
- Pediatric Device Breakthrough Collaborative
- Pediatric Device Development Award
Contact us
Melissa Hansen
Research Navigator
ctsi@umn.edu
612-625-CTSI (2874)
Community funding opportunities
CTSI manages two funding programs to support community members and organizations interested in developing ideas and partnerships to address health in Minnesota communities.
The goal of the Committee for Pharmaceutical Development (CPD) is to identify, develop, and commercialize pharmaceutical products by forming networks and fostering dialogue between University of Minnesota researchers and industry experts.
N/A (applications accepted on a continuous basis)
Please contact the Program Manager, Brittni Peterson, at bmpete@umn.edu with any questions.
The goal of these programs is to support the development of pediatric health innovations with the ultimate objective of improving pediatric patient outcomes and quality of life.
This funding opportunity is an open program with no deadline.
The grant program identifies and funds early-stage projects in which the primary goal is to eventually develop a new therapeutic, diagnostic, medical device, or treatment approach. The special November 2019 RFA focuses on early-stage therapeutics with high commercialization potential.
- LOI submission deadline: 5pm, December 12
- Invitations issues to submit full proposals: On or before January 17, 2020
- Full proposals due: 5pm, February 20, 2020
- Awards announced: April 2020
- Anticipated award start date: May 1, 2020
The program supports the next generation of clinical and translational investigators through structured training program with a mentored, multidisciplinary translational research emphasis.
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Call for Letters of Intent (LOI): Monday, January 6, 2020
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LOI deadline: 11:59 pm, January 26, 2020
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Application deadline: 11:59 pm, March 22, 2020 (by invitation only; invitations sent by January 31
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Award notification: May 15, 2020
Application details will be available January 6, 2020. Details will include LOI, RFA, application instructions, and link to online submission form.
A research training program for doctoral-level professional health sciences students and early-PhD students interested in clinical and translational research.
Applications due February 3, 2020 by 11:59pm.
The program is currently accepting applications for its 2020 cohort. Please review application materials below:
Please see the A-PReP grant page for full application requirements
A research training program for undergraduate students enrolled in any college or university in Minnesota, especially those from populations underrepresented in research.
Applications due February 3, 2020 by 11:59pm.
The program is currently accepting applications for its 2020 cohort. Please review application materials below:
- RFA
- Online application submission form
- FAQs
- Blank application (to view elements of application without having to create a fake application)
- Submit Letter of Recommendation
The program supports the advancement of projects that have the potential to be commercialized, such as projects that aim to form a start-up company or create a license agreement with an established commercial entity.
- LOI submissions due 5pm, Feb. 5
- Invitations to submit full proposals will be issued by March 4 with full proposals due 5pm, April 3.
- Awards will be announced in June
- Projects are anticipated to begin Sept. 1
The Child Health Collaborative Grant Award aims to improve the health of children and adolescents throughout Minnesota.
The grant program supports collaborative research that addresses important, unmet child health issues in Minnesota by developing and translating innovative, evidence-based health improvement strategies.
- Applications due 5pm, January 17, 2020
- Funding decision announced February 21, 2020
