Interdisciplinary Solution Development Awards
Forecasted
Interdisciplinary Solution Development Awards support new research partnerships adapting methods from outside health sciences to improve the speed, quality, and reach of clinical and translational research.
Funder: Institute of Translational Health Sciences
Due Dates (Anticipated): August 2027 (Letter of Intent) | October 2027 (Full application)
Funding Amounts: Up to $25,000 in total costs for up to one year
Summary: Supports new interdisciplinary partnerships adapting methods from outside health sciences to improve clinical and translational research.
Key Information: Teams need at least two researchers from distinct disciplines, including one not typically engaged in clinical and translational research.
Description
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) supports new interdisciplinary partnerships that adapt processes and methods from outside the health sciences to accelerate clinical and translational science. The awards seek broadly useful improvements in research speed, quality, cost-effectiveness, and reach, drawing on fields such as operations management, communications, organizational psychology, and human-centered design.
Priority areas include fabrication methodologies, operational efficiency, clinical trial surge capacity, project management, incentives for health improvements, collaborative structures, and intellectual property management. Projects should generate preliminary data for future external funding rather than support new research directions within established partnerships. ITHS particularly values generalizable solutions to persistent translational research challenges, including approaches that improve efficiency, rigor, reproducibility, and the depth or reach of impact.
