ITHS: APPLY NOW FOR OUR KL2 PROGRAM

The ITHS KL2 Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Program provides the time, funding, mentorship, and training necessary to foster the early career development of clinical and translational researchers. The program welcomes scholars with faculty appointments from all health professions. 
Applications due by October 13th.  

ITHS: APPLY NOW FOR OUR PILOT AWARDS

Apply for the ITHS Catalyst and Voucher awards! Designed especially for early career investigators, Catalyst Awards offer just-in-time funds and Voucher Awards offer in-kind service vouchers to help you advance your translational science projects. Applications due by October 7th.

ITHS TEAM SCIENCE: REGISTER NOW FOR SESSION ONE: BRIDGING THE GAP - OPERATIONALIZING TEAM SCIENCE FRAMEWORK TO ENHANCE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS

October 9, 12–1pm PDT 
Virtual

In this first of six sessions, we will provide an overview of this year’s seminar series and introduce the “Team Diagnostic Survey” which can be used to gain insights into your team’s current effectiveness. Register for Bridging the Gap here >>

ITHS: INTRO TO CREATING BIOSKETCHES IN SCIENCV

October 16, 12–1pm PDT 
Virtual

This CDS session will provide an overview of SciENcv, including walking through creating a profile, linking it to researchers’ ORCID profiles, connecting to key publications in PubMed and other databases, assigning delegates, and completing the various narrative sections. Register for Intro to Creating Biosketches here >>

ITHS COMING SOON: RSS TRAINING EVENT

RSS is a free resource from ITHS - and we want to make sure early career investigators know how to use it. Keep an eye out for an announcement about a free training. 

ITHS REDCap TRAINING CLASSES

Available on Demand via ITHS TREE LMS!

REDCap training classes are now available on demand via the ITHS TREE Learning Management System (LMS), and more will be added there soon. Access all of our REDCap courses anytime!

New Course on TREE: REDCap Mobile Apps
Guides for using the REDCap Mobile App and the REDCap MyCap App are now available through our latest course on the TREE LMS: REDCap 301 – Mobile Applications.

ITHS CDS & CRES SEMINARS AVAILABLE ONLINE

If you missed any of our Career Development Series (CDS) or Clinical Education Research Series (CRES) seminars, you can watch the recordings online. 

Access CDS videos here ›

Access CRES videos here ›

ITHS PILOT PROFILE: HOW A TWO-TIME PILOT AWARD RECIPIENT IS ADVANCING BIOENGINEERING

We sat down with the two-time ITHS Pilot Award recipient, Dr. Patrick M. Boyle  to learn about the impact of ITHS Pilot funding in his research. This conversation covers a broad range of topics — from how to choose the right grants, his dislike of the term ‘scientific speed dating,’ and of course, how the ITHS Pilot Awards changed his entire career trajectory. Read Dr. Boyle's story here >>

ITHS PILOT PROFILE: SUPPORTING FAMILIES AFTER INCARCERATION

Dr. Liliana Lengua, a UW Professor of Psychology and director of the Center for Child and Family Well-Being, sat down with us to discuss her ITHS pilot-funded project, “A Task-sharing Approach to Supporting Parents Re-entering the Community after Incarceration," focused on the development and implementation of a parenting intervention for people reconnecting with children following incarceration. Read Dr. Lengua's story here >>

BUILDING RESEARCH ACCESSIBILITY - LUNCH & LEARN

October 9, 9am–2pm PDT
University of Washington

In this Lunch and Learn session, the Institute on Human Development and Disability will provide an overview of accessibility in research and discuss an accessibility research toolkit designed to support researchers in using accessible research procedures. Register for Building Research Accessibility here >>

FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRIC RESEARCH LECTURE FEATURING DR. LUCY GODLEY

October 15, 11am–12:30pm PDT
Building Cure, Seattle

Dr. Godley’s speech, “Germline predisposition to hematopoietic malignancies,” touches on inherited risk factors for blood cancers and their impact on diagnosis, treatment, and family care. Register for Dr. Godley's Lecture here >>

WASHINGTON RESEARCH FOUNDATION

WRF Capital is the investment vehicle for Washington Research Foundation.

>>STUDENT PROGRAM FUNDING OPPORTUNITY  Supporting students in Washington state to access STEM research opportunities and engage in entrepreneurship More student funding>>

>>TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION Support for projects at Washington state research institutions that will lead to commercial development of technology-based products

>>START-UP INVESTMENTS Investing approximately $5 million annually in startup companies based in Washington 

MSU ANNUAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES 

Montana State University faculty and researchers have access to a vast array of mechanisms to help support their research and creative activities.

Checkout GrantForward, their new grants database for MSU investigators >>

HOT NEW GRANTS

Check out the "Hot New Grants" for regular updates don’t forget to check out our main funding opportunities page too!

ARPA-H IS A GAME CHANGER- SEE HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) was founded to bridge the gap between discovery and public benefit by supercharging development though significant financial and management support. 

GRANTS.GOV

Check out the various grant opportunities listed here. 

FROM THE RADx-UP CDCC: PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAYBOOK

Collective work through RADx-UP—along with the efforts of the RADx-UP Coordination and Data Collection Center (CDCC)—has now been synthesized into the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Playbook. 

Explore the playbook here >> 

T-SHAPED TALENT: BRIDGING THE SKILL GAP BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA

T-shaped skills are vital for long-term success in industry careers such as biotechnology and software engineering. 

Read about T-Shaped Talent here >>

SHARE YOUR RESEARCH: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE - THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF ACTS AND CR FORUM (JCTS)!

Learn how you can share your research through the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science: The Official Journal of ACTS and CR Forum (JCTS)!

Click here to visit the JCTS Instructions for contributors on Cambridge Core>>

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ITHS TOOLS & RESOURCES 

ITHS is well known for the services it offers researchers, but did you know the ITHS website also offers a Tools & Resources page where investigators can find a variety of guides, toolkits and links to help speed health innovation?

LEAF: THE ITHS TOOL TO QUERY DATA  

Leaf helps query clinical databases of nearly any data model for cohort estimation and data extraction. Check out office hours every other week and learn to demo, troubleshoot, and assist with query building in Leaf. Reach out to rlong07@uw.edu for more information.

CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY ADVISORS 

The ITHS Preclinical Engagement Program (PEP) is a new, free program which uses community engagement principles to match preclinical researchers with community members to serve as advisors on their studies. Click here for the PEP Intake Form

TRACK CAREER PROGRESS 

Use Flight Tracker to watch the career progress of ITHS trainees and scholars after they've moved on from our programs. 

EXPAND YOUR CLINICAL RESEARCH SKILLS 

Use COBALT to learn & grow when it's convenient for you!