The Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) catalyzes and accelerates the innovation and translation of scientific discoveries into health benefits for patients and communities through collaborative research. Our NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) funding enables us to offer programs, project management and navigator services, and data sharing and informatics resources that provide essential support to move ideas from the laboratory through early-phase clinical trials and facilitate education for current and future translational medicine researchers. For more information, visit our homepage.
CTSI offers a wide variety of training and funding opportunities, as well as research and support services.
We focus on leveraging the vast research resources at Duke University and facilitating collaborations that provide or enhance the research ecosystem, education, and resources needed to take promising ideas from concept, through development and testing, and into patient care.
CTSI Education and Workforce Development supports the advancement of the next generation of interdisciplinary research leaders, offering an evolving portfolio of workforce development opportunities to address the training needs of a range of learners—from staff to students to faculty.
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Duke CTSI Career Development Award: Two-year award providing training and research opportunities for junior investigators.
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Duke Scholars in Molecular Medicine program: Nine-month program during which PhD candidates and postdoctoral associates who are studying basic sciences gain hands-on experience in clinical areas related to their field of research.
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National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP): Unparalleled training for clinicians as change agents driving policy-relevant research and partnerships to improve health and health care.
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Office for Physician-Scientist Development (OPSD): Central resource for Duke physician-scientists, students and trainees to leverage research and career support programs across the institution.
Find out more about our faculty training and workforce education offerings.
CTSI collaborates with partners at Duke and other institutions to provide researchers with funding opportunities for the entire translational spectrum.
Discover all the funding opportunities provided by CTSI and other organizations.
Contact CTSI Accelerator for personalized help with translational research funding and project management.
CTSI supports investigators in their research endeavors with a wide variety of resources, including:
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Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD): Connects investigators with methodologists for impactful research collaborations.
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Center for Equity in Research: Elevates and advances equitable, inclusive, anti-racist, and anti-biased research.
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Center for Pathway Programs: Serves as a starting point from which anyone interested in STEM or medicine can find programs that fit their interests.
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Center for Precision Health: Works to harness the power of genomic, biomarker, and health data to transform patient care and population health.
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Clinical Data Research Networks (CDRN): Enables access to well-curated EHR data, making it easier to conduct multisite studies.
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Community Engaged Research Initiative (CERI): Facilitates equitable and robust community-engaged research to improve health and health equity.
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CTSI Accelerator: Provides funding, expertise, and logistics to help translate Duke science from discovery to deployment.
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CTSI Clinical Research Unit (CRU): Supports site-based research that spans existing CRUs and data-oriented studies.
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Data Science and Informatics: Provides a basis for data science discovery and engineering of translational biomedical informatics applications.
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DiscoverData@Duke: Provides a one-stop shop for Duke investigators to learn about and access a wealth of data resources.
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Duke Kannapolis: Conducts community-based studies and clinical trials to accelerate precision genomics and population health research.
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Duke-NCCU Bridge Office: Advances learning and clinical research by developing partnerships between Duke and North Carolina Central University.
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Evaluation and Continous Quality Improvement: Applies principles of continuous quality improvement and evidence-based decision-making.
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Primary Care Research Consortium (PCRC): Operates a network for academic and community practices within Duke and surrounding communities.
- Team Science: Provides targeted interventions to enhance the effectiveness of cross-disciplinary research teams.
Visit our Research Support and Resources menus on the homepage for more info about the various core resources available to Duke investigators.