The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) is pleased to announce the fifth round of the UMB ICTR Accelerated Translational Incubator Pilot (ATIP) Grant competition. The ATIP grant provides starter funds for projects specifically focused on innovative, translational research that involve faculty from the UMB Schools of Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, or Social Work; and University of Maryland, Batimore County (UMBC)/UMB or UMB/Baltimore community partnerships.
From a total of 26 applications, 13 one-year milestone-driven pilot grants were awarded (six Innovative Collaboration Pilot projects, four Community-Engaged Research projects, and three Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence). See the list of awardees and previous awardees here.
Funding is through UMB’s and Johns Hopkins University’s (JHU) partnership in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Clinical & Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program, grant number 1UL1TR003098. UMBC/UMB partnership awards are funded through the UMB ICTR internal funding mechanism.