CTSI Connections
UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute
June 16, 2014
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Coming Soon! UC CAI Tech Grant RFA 

UC Center for Accelerated Innovation, a collaboration of the five UC medical campuses to accelerate translation of UC discoveries to benefit patients with heart, lung and blood diseases, will announce an RFA to award up to three grants as much as $200K each to support technology development. Awardees will also receive project-management support and mentoring in entrepreneurship and commercialization. Faculty in all series at all ranks at UC Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco will be eligible. Postdoctoral scholars will be eligible to submit as Co-PI. Submissions are expected to be allowed Aug. 18-22.  For the new RFA, visit UC CAI on July 18.  


Core Voucher RFA - LA BioMed

Applications for vouchers worth up to $10K in core services are now being accepted by LA BioMed investigators. Previous voucher recipients may also apply if a different proposal is being submitted. The deadline is July 23. Click here for details.

  

How to Co-fund a Team Science Award

These awards support multidisciplinary teams and facilitate obtaining preliminary data for extramural grants. Through co-funding from CTSI and other entities (e.g. depts, centers), team awards can be up to $200,000. Learn more about CTSI Co-Funding. 

NEWS FROM CTSI

Mystery Disease Grant Draws Wide Attention
The Los Angeles Times reported on a $7.2 million grant awarded to UCLA that will fund research into mystery diseases as part of the NIH's Undiagnosed Diseases Network. Read full story here. 

CTSA Showcases CTSI Grant-Application-Management Tool
CTSI's Rapid Response Team Grant Submission Unit (RRT) presented their Grant Application Management Software for the naitonal CTSA Tool Shop Webinar series. Learn more about the tool's task assignment, calendaring and file sharing features. Available to research personnel at any institution.

LADR: Explore Available Patient Populations in Los Angeles
LADR, the Los Angeles Data Repository, is a joint project of major Los Angeles health care provider organizations aimed at enabling clinical investigators to explore the size of potential research study cohorts across each participating institution. Initial participants include UCLA and Cedars-Sinai. Learn more. 

UC ReX: a UC Shared Data Resource

UC Research eXchange and its UC ReX Data Explorer tool provide researchers and specialists access to cohort counts derived from the de-identified clinical data of over 12 million patients collected at the point of care from the five UC health campuses. Click here for more information. 
CTSI EVENTS 

Implications of Genomics for Medicine, Public Health and Policy 

On July 24, Dr. Donna Arnett will speak at Cedars-Sinai on genomics. Supported by the GUARDIAN Consortium, UCLA CTSI and SC CTSI. Details here.

REMINDERS
Drop-in Biostatistical Consults 
CTSI offers drop-in biostatistical consults at UCLA every Wednesday and Friday and at LA BioMed/Harbor-UCLA on Wednesdays. Find details and times here. 

Employment Postings 
CTSI accepts postings for clinical and translational science jobs. To view job openings, go here. To submit a posting, send the job listing with your contact information to editors@ctsi.ucla.edu.