Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute Community Health Partnerships is accepting proposals for its Trailblazer Award and Trailblazer Planning Grant.

The Trailblazer Award supports collaborative, community-engaged research projects focused on topics that have potential to improve health, examine social determinants of health or enhance health equity. Up to $25,000 will be awarded to selected projects. The proposal deadline is June 1. 

The Trailblazer Planning Grant supports development of community-university partnerships to improve health, examine social determinants of health or enhance health equity to result in future collaborative research proposals. Up to $5,000 will be awarded to selected projects. The proposal deadline is Oct. 1. 

Proposals are open to applicants from any university in Indiana.

For more information, contact chep@iupui.edu or attend a virtual Q&A session at noon April 26.

Housed at the IU School of Medicine, the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute is a statewide research partnership among Indiana University, Purdue University, University of Notre Dame, Regenstrief Institute and several life sciences organizations, governmental entities and community groups.