Clinical Transformation Program Research Grant
Pioneering research to change the future of health care.
The Clinical Transformation Program supports original pilot concepts that can lead to major changes in health care. We fund projects that use clinical research to discover breakthroughs and new treatments, tools, and processes to improve health care tomorrow. We focus on emerging and cutting-edge discoveries that align with current movements in health care.
The program is highly selective. We offer high-impact funding for ambitious and high-reward science research projects in immunology and other leading-edge sciences. Projects should offer the potential to enhance human health — with the goal of dramatically accelerating the transfer of these scientific advancements from the lab to the bedside.
What We Fund
- Clinicians, physicians, and researchers with radical approaches to exploring innovation within their specialty.
- Clinical programs that further encourage and foster current UPMC-focused initiatives, including those with aggressive approaches to cancer, heart disease, neuroscience, and other prominent areas.
- Research that incorporates the concept of embedded and adaptive designs, rapid translation of science to care, and/or novel applications of digital medicine.
Funding Guidelines
- Grant requests may range from $50,000 to $200,000.
- Applicants must be UPMC employees. Applicants who work at the University of Pittsburgh may apply, but they must partner with a UPMC employee. The UPMC employee must serve as the project owner and submit the application.
- Applications are accepted in January/February.
To learn more, see The Clinical Transformation Call for Proposals Fact Sheet (PDF).