In May 2008, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill joined a select group of nationally recognized universities in receiving a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). The CTSA program is a consortium of 55 academic medical research institutions funded through and led by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Our mission is to transform all activities relating to clinical and translational research by creating new programs and pathways that make it easier for research to be performed at UNC and throughout the state of North Carolina. Our overarching goals are:

• Enabling teams of interdisciplinary researchers to create, innovate, and translate discoveries into advancements in the health of both individual patients (T1) and populations (T2);
• Developing innovative programs for education, training, and career development;
• Participating in targeted faculty recruitment;
• Providing $4.3 million per year in pilot project funding with a particular focus on building new interdisciplinary research teams, supporting the efforts of junior faculty members, and spreading new technologies to the community through outreach and commercialization; while,
• Collaborating and increasing partnership activities across the state.

We invite you to explore this website to discover what we are about and we encourage you to contact us with questions or comments.

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