Investigator Resources
The UMB ICTR Brings Together Experts Across Campus To Provide Free Hours of Research Services to UMB Faculty*
Please note that UMB ICTR cores of services (Biostatistically, Community and Collaboration Expertise, and Informatics resources, as well as ICTR Voucher Program resources) ...
- Cannot be committed in a grant application
- Cannot be encumbered for future use
- Cannot be transferred to another project or researcher
Click on the links below to learn more about each of the ICTR services. The application for these services, except the ATIP grant application, can be accessed
ICTR Biostatistics Core
The ICTR Biostatistics Core of services provides biostatistical support in the design, implementation, and interpretation of clinical translational research studies. Up to 25 hours of free services. Projects requiring additional hours will require additional review and approval by ICTR leadership.
ICTR CCC
The ICTR Community and Collaboration Core (CCC) of services provides expert patient- and community-centered services and resources, such as the PATIENTS program, help in setting up focus groups, developing participant instruction videos, and more. Up to 50 hours of free services. Projects requiring additional hours will require additional review and approval by ICTR leadership.
ICTR Informatics Core
The ICTR Informatics Core - provides support with data management (REDCap, Qualtrics, Teleforms) and access to Clinical Data Repository (CDR), which contains data from UMMC and other UMMS clinical sites (Research HARBOR). Up to 25 hours of free services. Projects requiring additional hours will require additional review and approval by ICTR leadership.
ICTR Studios Program
The ICTR Studios Program offers a series of integrated, dynamic, and interactive "roundtable" discussions to assist the researcher by providing expertise in areas such as hypothesis generation, study design, biostatistics, implementation, analysis and interpretation, recruitment, and research ethics.
ICTR Research Navigator
The ICTR Navigator is here to help direct investigators to the clinical translational research services they need and advise them on the “next steps.”
ICTR Also Offers Voucher Support And Pilot Grant Funding
ICTR Voucher (micro-grant) Program
The ICTR Vouchers Program awards vouchers (micro-grants) to help defray the costs for services needed from other UMB Cores, such as CIBR, GCRC, BIORESCO, NORC, and IDS services, as well as off-campus community-engaged research services. ICTR Vouchers — valued up to $5,000 for unfunded projects to enable preliminary work and generation of pilot data on clinical translational research projects and up to $10,000 for already funded projects to complete the project's established specific aims. Vouchers are limited to one per researcher per year regardless of whether the request is for a new project. A project that has received voucher support in the past is not eligible for additional voucher support. Applications accepted every 2 months. Beginning August 1st, applications will be accepted quarterly.
ICTR ATIP Grant Program
The ICTR Accelerated Translational Incubator Pilot (ATIP) Program provides funds to initiate, implement, and complete a research project that will contribute to the development of new therapies, devices, or approaches to clinical research. The ICTR will award pilot grants up to $50,000 to investigators at UMB, with some awards earmarked for community-focused research. This funding opportunity announcement will be available late in the year with applications accepted in January of each year.