Dear Researchers,

We hope the Spring semester is winding down nicely for you. I don't know about you, but I am eagerly awaiting warmer, sunnier weather and the hatching of the eaglets at ND-LEEF at St. Patrick's Park.

Please see the funding and learning opportunities listed below. If you need help, clarification, or connections to clinical partners, please let us know; we are here to help in any way we can.

Also, please save the date of October 21st for the Notre Dame Summit (formerly the Retreat) of the Indiana CTSI. We will be showcasing Notre Dame's research, resources, and community engagement regarding mental health. It is sure to be a great day with colleagues from across the state.

All the best to you and yours for a blessed Easter!

Sincerely,

Melanie DeFord, Deputy Director and Assistant Vice President for Research
Prakash Nallathamby, Notre Dame Navigator of the Indiana CTSI

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Regenstrief Institute Social Hub, 1101 West 10th Street Indianapolis, IN and via Zoom 

This series from the Indiana CTSI aims to educate attendees on leveraging AI basic principles and tools, its ethics to improve productivity, facilitate work processes, and address ethical considerations. The series is open to anyone interested in the topics, with each session lasting one hour and presented in a hybrid format.

Each session will also be recorded and made available after the event.

The Indiana CTSI Commercialization PDT is designed to provide early guidance to academic and clinical investigators interested in advancing their discoveries to the market. The programs are open to investigators from Indiana University (IU), Purdue University, or the University of Notre Dame; and includes a pool of advisors across these universities and industries around the state to provide investigators with a wide range of expertise and perspectives.

Letter of Interest: May 18, 2026

Submission Deadline: June 1, 2026

The Indiana CTSI Community Health Partnerships (CHeP) is soliciting proposals for collaborative, community-engaged research projects focused on topics that have potential to improve health outcomes for Indiana residents. This RFA accepts projects which propose to serve residents of any county or counties of Indiana.

Contact: chep@iu.edu

Submission Deadline: July 7, 2026

This funding opportunity announcement invites applications from all Indiana CTSI investigators with a full-time academic appointment for up to $50,000 to support innovative research work that is in scope and aligned with the research activities of the IUSM-Purdue TREAT-AD Center.

Contact: apalkow@iu.edu

Letter of Interest: September 17, 2026

Submission Deadline: October 1, 2026

Indiana CTSI Community Health Partnerships (CHeP) is soliciting proposals for the development of community-university partnerships to improve the health of Indiana residents, to result in future collaborative research proposals. The award can be used to establish new partnerships or to strengthen/expand existing community-university partnerships to solve critical health problems affecting Indiana residents. This award will not fund research pilot projects; instead, it will fund activities to help develop partnerships between individuals and organizations that have potential to later engage in joint research projects to improve the health of Indiana communities. The expected outcome of this award is the development of a future research proposal for opportunities such as the Community Health Partnerships Trailblazer Award. This RFA accepts applications which propose to serve residents in any of the counties of Indiana.

Contact: chep@iu.edu

Submission Deadline: Rolling submission

Commercialization Project Development Teams (PDTs) are groups of experienced entrepreneurial faculty located on each of the Indiana CTSI campuses who will connect you with resources and collaboration opportunities to support commercialization of your technology.

There are commercialization office representatives and regulatory experts on each team, and other experts are added to the team as needed when your application is discussed. You will have access to the expertise and knowledge you need all in one place. Full-time faculty (i.e., tenure-track, research, and clinical faculty) at any campus of Indiana University, the University of Notre Dame, or Purdue University who have submitted all relevant invention disclosures to their university’s commercialization office are eligible for funding. Awards are typically up to $15,000.

Contact: karagarc@iu.edu and pportono@iu.edu

Submission Deadline: Rolling submission

Research Project Development Teams (PDTs) are groups of experienced senior faculty located on each of the Indiana CTSI campuses who will connect you with resources, collaboration opportunities, and small (typically up to $15,000) awards for preliminary or additional data. Each PDT is designed around a common research theme.

There are biostatisticians and regulatory experts on each team, and other experts are added as needed when you meet with the team to discuss your application. You will have access to the expertise and knowledge you need all in one place.

Contact: tsajdyk@iu.edu

Submission Deadline: May 7, 2026

Submission Deadline: May 14, 2026

Submission Deadline: Rolling Submission

Notice of Intent: April 6, 2026

Submission Deadline: May 11, 2026

Letter of Intent: May 4, 2026

Submission Deadline: June 12, 2026

Rolling Submission

Rolling Submission

Take a moment to explore our past newsletters and summits. At Indiana CTSI, we’re committed to uniting Indiana’s life sciences community to drive research forward and improve health across the state.

The Indiana CTSI has experts across a wide variety of fields and research areas of interest. Click the button below to have the latest research discoveries and developments making news and positively impacting health in Indiana delivered right to your inbox. 

The Indiana CTSI includes Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame as the major academic partners along with a number of other institutions and entities in the state.

It is funded by a Clinical and Translational Sciences Award from the National Institutes of Health amounting to some $38 million for the current seven-year funding period of 2023-2030. This funding is supplemented by additional support from many other institutional and corporate partners.

Funding is provided to researchers by many mechanisms to promote translational and collaborative research among the partner institutions.

For more information, please visit: indianactsi.org

If you have any questions about Indiana CTSI grants, programs, or upcoming events please feel free to reach out to navigator Prakash Nallathamby.