Pilot Funding

There are offers several sources of pilot funding available to our investigators:

• Biomedical Data-Driven Discovery Training Program
  Trains future scientists to develop novel Big Data methods to advance science and improve health.
• Center for Community Health Seed Grants
  Two programs offer seed grants to Northwestern research teams and community-based collaborators to develop research partnerships and projects.
• Dixon Translational Research Grants
  Supports highly innovative, multi-disciplinary clinical and translational research collaborations.
• Nitro Competitions
  Search internal grant competitions, including Clinical and Translational Science Award pilot awards and KL2 competitions.
• Northwestern Medicine Enterprise Data Warehouse Pilot Data Program
  Enterprise data warehouse analysts provide proposal development support.
• NUCATS Voucher & Pilot Programs
  Provide rapid, targeted funding to address small but critical gaps in clinical and translational studies.
• Competitions at Northwestern
  Other pilot funding resources available throughout Northwestern University and through our campus partners.