In the Spring of 2012, CTSI invited the UCSF community and CTSI Affiliate organizations to submit ideas for improving the conduct of translational research.
Seeking to enable new models of collaboration in proposal creation and team development, CTSI used a novel "Open Proposal" format for this award, which allowed others at UCSF to review proposals and make comments, and gave proposers the opportunity to find potential partners and make improvements to original proposals.
Twenty eight proposals were submitted, and the eight proposals below were awarded funding (see a Summary of Activity below). View more information about this Open Proposal.
Proposals Awarded Funding
View all submitted proposals or learn more about the CTSI Annual Pilot Awards to Improve the Conduct of Research.
Summary of Activity:
Of the 28 proposals submitted:
- 8 were awarded funding
- 4 were determined to be ineligible
- 1 was withdrawn (commenters provided information/resources to fulfill proposers needs)
- 6 have the potential to receive other funding or to be absorbed into existing UCSF programs/projects.
A total of 390 comments were posted in response to proposals (one proposal received 51 comments).
Award funding totaled approximately $327,000 (awards ranged from $16,340 to $85,904, with an average award amount of $43,411).
Percentage of applications by school/unit:
- School of Medicine: 79%
- CTSI: 14%
- School of Pharmacy: 7%
Number of applicants by title:
- Professor/Faculty: 15
- Administrator (includes Directors): 6
- Post-doc Scholar: 4
- Student: 2
- Assistant Researcher: 1