Funding Opportunities

The center offers two seed funding programs, a Pilot Projects Program and a Small Grants Program. These aim to support the development of a wide variety of implementation science projects to the point at which they’re ready to compete for external funding.

The WU-CDTR compiles and regularly updates a list of potential funding opportunities related to obesity, diabetes, and translational research.

ICTS funds the exploration of solutions to intractable clinical, translational, or population health problems. Potential applicants can confer with the Dissemination & Implementation Research Core (DIRC) to identify the best funding mechanism.

The ISC has developmental funds available for pilot projects and methods development within one or more of the ISC Research Focus Areas: global pediatric cancer, HPV, and pediatric cancer survivorship. Proposals to be supported through this mechanism can include a wide range of themes across the spectrum of implementation science. Funds may be requested to support collection of pilot data to provide preliminary data to support the rationale and/or feasibility of a new research initiative, development of new methods for implementation science research within the ISC, and consultation by content experts for a specific project.

The ASPiRE Center offers one-year grants to fund developmental or early-stage work, including pilot data collection and analysis, in preparation for submission for future external funding. Applications focusing on research questions in related areas of Dissemination & Implementation and tobacco control are encouraged, with more specific calls announced each year.

This grant provides an opportunity for clinical, operational and research teams to secure funding for innovations in informatics and healthcare delivery.