***We are uncertain of a release date for the CTSI Pilot 2025-2026 RFA.  We expect to have more information later this summer regarding a possible Fall 2025 Application process.  Please note any awards would be contingent upon BU CTSI Funding.  If you have questions please email us at ctsisvcs@bu.edu.

The CTSI provides pilot funding for innovative translational research and the development of research methods at BU that encompasses the translational science spectrum. Our goal of the BU CTSI Pilot Grant Program is to help investigators explore and solve major challenges in translational science and we seek to stimulate individual and team science in all areas of translational research related to the prevention, diagnosis, and management of the human disease. Researchers engaged in translational basic/bench, clinical, biomedical, patient-oriented, implementation, and population health science research are encouraged to apply. The CTSI welcomes applications that are at all levels of the translational science spectrum.

The translational science spectrum shows the stages of translational research. The stages do not happen in a straight line or in one direction. Each stage builds upon and informs the others. At all stages, our staff and grantees come up with new approaches, prove their usefulness and share the findings. Patient involvement is a key feature of all stages in translation.

The BU CTSI will provide pilot awards in the amount of up to $25,000 per year. All pilot awards will be required to have the necessary and required regulatory approvals prior to the start of each pilot project (IRB and IACUC- internal and external (NIH) requirements).