# Presentation: 261099

## CTSA Update - January 2007

**Dr. Anthony R Hayward**
**Director**
**DCRR/NCRR**

## 12 Academic Health Centers (AHCs)  nationwide

52 AHC planning grants to prepare applications to join consortium

In 2012, ~60 institutions will be linked to energize clinical and translational science

**52 AHC planning grants to prepare applications to join consortium**
**In 2012, ~60 institutions will be linked to energize clinical and translational science**

- NIH Funds a Dozen 'Homes'
- for Translational Research

**First CTSA Awards Announced October 3**

**Notes:**
On October 3rd, I announced the names of the 12 academic health centers that would receive the first CTSAs. In addition, 52 academic health centers received planning grants to help them prepare applications to join the consortium.
The twelve grants we made are substantially more than the seven or so that were originally envisioned
We were very impressed with the response—the number of applications—and the quality of the response
Many of the applications did so well during the peer review process that we felt it was appropriate to fund more of these institutions, since they clearly demonstrated an understanding of the CTSA vision and specific plans to achieve its goals
When fully implemented in 2012, about 60 institutions will be linked together to energize the discipline of clinical and translational research 
I want to make it clear that we are taking great care at NIH to preserve the investigator-initiated research support pool in these times of constrained budgets. Since the funding for the CTSAs is being derived from existing clinical research programs and the NIH Roadmap, no funds are being transferred away from basic research

## Building A National CTSA ConsortiumFY2006 CTSA Awards & Planning Grants

**Building A National CTSA Consortium****FY2006 CTSA Awards & Planning Grants**

**Notes:**
The first 12 CTSAs were awarded in 2006 to 12 academic health centers located throughout the nation.  When fully implemented in 2012, the initiative is expected to provide a total of about $500 million annually to 60 academic health centers. An additional 52 academic health centers received planning grants, in 2006, to help them prepare applications to join the consortium. 

## Impact

**NCRR GCRC and K12 programs will be transitioned into CTSAs by 2012**
**2006 awards subsumed 16 GCRCs, 3 RM-K12,****3 RM-T32s, 4 NCRR-K12, 9 K30s**
**First Principal Investigators Meeting: 10/23/06**
**Second PI Meeting: 4/17/07**
**Steering Committees that have met so far:**
- Informatics 12/7/06
- Communications (Web) 12/20/06
**Administrators Web Conference: 1/4/07**

## Membership 12:6 CTSA:NIH

## Proposed NCRR Management of CTSA Program

**NCRR Director**

**IC Directors**
**Advisory Board**
**(5 members)**

**NARRC**
**Working**
**Group**

**NIH Executive Committee for CTSAs**
**(15 members)**
**Meets Monthly**

**NIH Subcommittees for CTSAs**
**(14 cmtes; 5-10 members each)**
**Regularly Scheduled Meetings**

- Representation from Program, Science, Evaluation, Bioinformatics, Education, OER, NCRR, Translational, Community Outreach Areas

**Trans- NIH Project Team provides Science Officers for CTSAs**
**(135 members)**
**Meets 2 – 4x per year**

**Project Management, Resource Access, Evaluation,                          Education & Career Development,                        Biomedical Informatics, Pediatrics, Industrial Partners, Clinical Research Ethics, Community Engagement, Translational**

## Impressions

**Enthusiasm: real will to achieve something new **
**Extended reach within institution: pharmacy, nursing**
**Outstanding minority trainees - e.g., Rockefeller **
**Pilot project programs implemented rapidly**
**CTSAweb.org will meet communication needs**

## Priorities for 2006 Awardees

**Hold meetings for all Steering Committees**
**Implement evaluation plans**
**Agree on achievable short-term goals**
**Deploy Web-based communications systems**
**Have Program Officers visit sites**

## FY2007 round of CTSAs

**Differ in addition of foreign component for NIH-funded clinical research**
**Applications due 1/17/2007**
**35 letters of intent**
**Reviews in May 2007**
**Up to 8 awards expected in September 2007**

## FY2008 round of CTSAs

**Will differ in:**
- Allowing for multiple PIs
- Compliance with Pediatric requirement of NIH Reform Act.
**Applications due October 24, 2007**
**Up to 8 awards expected in June 2008**

## mouse

**MRI insertion****tube**

**NCRR**