Collaborative RFA Supports Translational Science to Improve Rural Health Outcomes
The CTSA Consortium of Rural States (CORES) has launched its annual multi-institutional Pilot Award Request for Applications, inviting researchers from across the network to propose innovative, collaborative projects addressing critical health challenges in rural communities.
The CORES Pilot Award is a phased funding mechanism designed to spark collaborative translational science across multiple institutions in the CORES network. Successful projects will receive up to $25,000 in direct costs per participating institution, funded by each site’s home CTSA. The award period will run from July 1, 2027, through June 30, 2028.
Applications should address at least one of the following priority areas:
Proposals must involve a collaboration between at least two CORES CTSA institutions. Principal Investigators must be faculty members at participating institutions. Each project submits one application with separate site-specific budgets.
Investigators who have already submitted a Letter of Interest should prepare full proposals for the February 1, 2027 deadline.
The CTSA Consortium of Rural States (CORES) is a collaborative research consortium of nine academic medical institutions working to improve health in rural communities with funding from the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Visit the CORES Pilot Award Program page for more information.
