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Background

Background
The Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) is a research center of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).  One of three autonomous institutions within The University of Alabama System, UAB is the only four-year, public university in the state’s largest metropolitan area.  The CCTS was developed in response to the National Institutes of Health’s request for applications for Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs).  The Center was officially approved by the University of Alabama Board of Trustees on February 3, 2006 and funded by the NIH on May 19, 2008.
 
The CTSA initiative grew out of the NIH commitment to restructure the clinical research enterprise, one of the key objectives of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research. Funding for the CTSA comes from redirecting existing clinical and translational programs, including Roadmap funds. When fully implemented in 2012, the initiative is expected to provide more than $500 million over five years to 60 academic health centers.

 

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NIH Acknowledgement: Publications resulting from the use of CCTS resources must credit the appropriate CCTS grant by including an NIH funding acknowledgment.