The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) is issuing this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to highlight the need for projects that address the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency. The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program is uniquely qualified to contribute to these efforts. NCATS is soliciting applications for Administrative Supplements (through PA-18-591) from current Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) UL1 and U24 award recipients as follows:
FOA |
Responsive Activity |
Expected Number of Awards |
RFA-TR-17-006 CTSA Program Data to Health (CD2H) Coordinating Center (U24) |
Digital health platforms and models that integrate data, assess risk, and provide illness/infection surveillance, management tools, and inform clinical practice |
1 |
RFA-TR-15-002 CTSA Network - Trial Innovation Centers (TICs) (U24) RFA-TR-15-004 Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Network Recruitment Innovation Centers (RICs) (U24) |
Planning of COVID-19 trials; additional recruitment and retention support; eConsent support; and provision of a platform and statistical expertise to collect and perform meta-analyses of COVID-19 therapeutic trials; collection and analysis of COVID-19 health records |
1-2 |
UL1 Components Only PAR-18-940 Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54 Clinical Trial Optional) PAR-18-464 Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54 Clinical Trial Optional) PAR-15-304 Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54 Clinical Trial Optional) RFA-TR-14-009 Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54 Clinical Trial Optional) |
Support of the NCATS National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C): Provision of clinical data in specified formats to support illness/infection status/surveillance determinations and/or clinical study data (awards anticipated to be $50,000 to $100,000 Total Costs) |
5-10 |
Use of informatics solutions to diagnose cases |
1-5 |
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Use of CTSA-supported core resources (e.g., advanced scientific instruments, highly-specialized facilities, and regulatory expertise) to facilitate research on COVID-19 and advance the translation of research findings into diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines |
1-5 |