UMB ICTR

ORCiD ID Required

ORCiD ID is now required when applying for ICTR resources. 

• If you do not have an ORCiD ID, please visit the UMB HS/HSL website for information about the ORCiD ID https://guides.hshsl.umaryland.edu/orcid.  
• Have an ORCiD ID, but cannot remember it? Please do NOT create another. Contact ORCiD to retrieve your ID https://support.orcid.org/hc/en-us/requests/new.  
• Have more than one ORCiD? Go here to learn how to remove additional IDs https://support.orcid.org/hc/en-us/articles/360006896634-Removing-your-additional-or-duplicate-ORCID-iD.

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.  

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.  

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).  New to the Informatics Core services is the UMBC Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Core!  Up to 25 hours of free services.  

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 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 enable preliminary work and generation of pilot data on clinical translational research projects planning grant submissions/peer-reviewed publications.  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.  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.