Overcoming Barriers to Translational Success (OrBiTS)
The OrBiTS grant funds multi-investigator teams to build transformative infrastructure addressing barriers in clinical and translational research, with a focus on health areas like rehabilitation, prevention, and mental health.
Funder: DE-CTR ACCEL Program
Due Dates: Rolling (applications accepted until funds are expended)
Funding Amounts: $20,000–$150,000 direct costs per award | Up to 24 months
Summary: Supports multi-investigator teams in building infrastructure to overcome technical and operational barriers in clinical and translational research, especially in rehabilitation, preventive care, and mental health.
Key Information: Must include at least three faculty-level investigators from ACCEL partner institutions; rolling review.
Description
The Overcoming Barriers to Translational Success (OrBiTS) grant is designed to strengthen the infrastructure supporting clinical and translational research across Delaware. Rather than funding individual research projects, OrBiTS supports teams in hiring technical staff, acquiring specialized equipment, purchasing datasets, or consulting experts to advance research capacity. The program particularly encourages projects that address barriers in areas such as rehabilitation, preventive care, behavioral health, mental health, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, big data, obesity, women's health, infant mortality, and community-engaged research. Projects must demonstrate how the proposed infrastructure will be transformative and sustainable, ultimately enabling teams to be more competitive for large, center-type grants.
