A TraCS Letter of Support lends strength to a grant application by demonstrating that the applicant has access to all of the resources that our established CTSA has to offer.

We can generate two types of letter:

• A general Letter of Support, outlining TraCS services available to the PI, and speaks to the feasibility of their project and the quality of the UNC research environment.
• A service-specific Letter of Support, describing specific assistance provided by individual TraCS services to the research team. This assistance must be discussed and agreed upon by the PI and the appropriate service ahead of time, will be described in the Letter, and likely referred to in the grant application research plan.

Applicants may request a letter by submitting a TraCS Central request. We will require the following details initially (although we may contact the PI for further information):

• Name of Project
• Funding agency and funding announcement (URL if available)
• Grant submission deadline
• Formal address(es) of project PI(s)
• Draft Aims page or Abstract
• For service-specific letters, a description of the scope of work agreed to by the PI and the service.

Please allow at least 10 working days for preparation of a Letter.

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