Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA) is seeking proposals from faculty at Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Tech, and UGA for inclusion in its January 2026 NIH renewal. Collaboration is strongly encouraged.

 Submit one-page project summary and NIH biosketches by September 2. (For applicants selected: full draft due December 1, full proposal due January 5.)

RC2 PAR-25-156 – These are companion grants that will be submitted along with the parent UM1 application. This mechanism supports resources, activities, and expertise to enhance the development and demonstration activities or projects within a CTSA hub. These include utilization of resources, expertise, tools and platforms for pilot projects, research projects and other Clinical & Translational Science activities within hubs. Examples include but are not limited to digital health, decentralized clinical trials, pragmatic trials, artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms, point-of-care clinical decision support systems, data science and statistical methods, real-world data and real-world evidence, innovative clinical trial designs, genetics and genomics. In addition, novel strategies and/or approaches for dissemination and implementation, rural health, clinical informatics, biostatistics, community outreach and engagement, regulatory science, telehealth, and other areas of need for specialized programs. Two of these grants will be selected to be submitted along with the parent UM1 application. The maximum budget is $500,000/year direct costs for 5 years. R25 

PAR-25-197 – This is a small companion grant ($100K/year for 5 years) to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of the workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. The funding mechanism will support novel research experiences as outlined in the announcement. Research experiences must be relevant to NCATS’ mission of studying translation on a system-wide level, agnostic to a specific disease, to better understand the scientific and operational principles underlying each step of the translational process. The goal is not to focus on specific diseases, but on what is common among them and the translational science process. Examples of research experiences appropriate for career levels include, but are not limited to: - Undergraduates to provide hands-on exposure to research that reinforces their interest in clinical and translational science and/or prepares them for graduate school matriculation and/or careers in clinical and translational science for graduate and medical, dental, nursing and other health professional students. - Graduate Research and Clinical Students, Postdoctoral Fellows and Medical Residents: to extend their skills, experiences, and knowledge base in order to engage in clinical and translational science research activities. - Junior Faculty: to enhance their research skills, experiences, and knowledge base relative to clinical and translational science by working with faculty members at a partnering institution.

 Questions? Email Bekeela Davila.