Annual Pilot– LOIs due Oct 20, 2025, Full Proposal January 30, 2026
Project Timeline: July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027; 8 awards, up to $50,000
Especially interested in applications covering the following priority areas for 2026 funding:
- Projects addressing clinical translational science; that is, disease agnostic projects that focus on the process of turning research results into real-world applications to improve health
- Innovative, multi-center clinical studies that integrate community and clinical partners to ensure health improvements for all
- Dissemination & Implementation of research evidence and innovation to clinical practice
- Projects that leverage Cosmos or TriNetX
- Projects addressing the health concerns and conditions of rural Ohio
- Innovative use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Innovative Implementation Science methods that promote the uptake of research findings into routine healthcare in clinical or policy contexts
- Interventions at community and/or clinical practices to promote overall health
- Studies on methods to improve the clinical and translational research process
- Projects that focus on the following current topics: gene editing, microbiome, deep learning, robotics in healthcare, drug discovery, advances in medical imaging, improving the reproducibility and reliability of scientific findings