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CRSO announces Clinical Trialist Training Program

15 February 2021

The UNC Clinical Research Support Office (CRSO) and NC TraCS are pleased to announce a new training opportunity for SOM faculty interested in becoming a site investigator for multicenter clinical trials. The Clinical...

CTSA Program research fellow breaks down barriers

01 February 2021

01 December 2016 | Lifestyle Infectious disease specialist Megan Srinivas, MD, MPH has witnessed how difficult it is for people living in rural areas to access the healthcare services they need. She has traveled down dirt...

NC TraCS Award Announcements

12 February 2021

The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce awardees for 2 programs: TraCS $2K pilot grants TraCS $2K Stakeholder Engagement vouchers Awardees include investigators from Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, UNC School...

North Carolina Biotechnology Center: Flash Grant Cycle 3 call for proposals

01 February 2021

The North Carolina Biotechnology (NCBioTech) Center is accepting proposals for its Flash Grant Program. The NCBioTech Flash Grant Program is in its third submission cycle of fiscal year 2021. Up to $20,000 may be requested...

Need data for COVID-19 research? N3C now OPEN

10 February 2021

We are pleased to announce the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) is open for research. The N3C, led by NIH through the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, is a data resource and collaborative...

AdvanTx: The UNC Advance Therapeutics Initiative

25 January 2021

As part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's commitment to fully maximizing the potential of early-stage research at the University, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) has announced the launch...

NCATS’ CTSA program plays a key role in implementing ACTIV-1 clinical trial

08 February 2021

Illustration of a cytokine storm response to infection with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. A cytokine storm is a severe immune reaction that results in greatly...

Now accepting applications for Duke/UNC CTSA Consortium pilot projects

19 January 2021

Researchers at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have a strong history of medical research collaborations, including joint projects to combat HIV, sickle cell disease, and muscular dystrophy. UNC...

Application period open for NRP professional development awards

02 February 2021

The UNC Network for Research Professionals (NRP) Professional Development Award provides supplemental funding to help cover professional development opportunities for UNC-Chapel Hill employees whose work is focused on Human...

Mission Critical [Part Two]: Make it Accessible

19 January 2021

Part of the series: Mission Critical: FastTraCS' response to the COVID-19 pandemic 01 December 2016 | Lifestyle FastTraCS is a small group of biomedical engineers within the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences...