The SCIRTS program funds projects designed to improve and advance the current treatment of acute and chronic spinal cord injury. The scope of this program is broad encompassing mechanistic, preclinical modeling, translational and/or clinical research and is intended to fill gaps in the field.
There are three funding categories in the SCIRTS grants program:
SCIRTS Pilot Research Grants
Two-year Pilot Research Grants help to establish new investigators in the field of spinal cord injury research and support studies by established investigators who are undertaking new directions in their work. These grants cultivate new lines of research and generate essential preliminary data.
SCIRTS Senior Research Grants
Three-year Senior Research Grants encourage senior-level investigators to expand the scope of their work in targeted studies that will move the field along the translational spectrum. These grants are intended to open new areas of research, fill gaps in the spinal cord injury field and encourage cutting-edge ideas and approaches that have great potential, despite some additional uncertainty.
SCIRTS Postdoctoral Fellowships
Two-year Postdoctoral Fellowships encourage early-career training and specialization in the field of spinal cord injury research.