This is a federal research grant for preliminary spinal cord injury clinical studies — feasibility, pilot, or optimization work meant to de-risk future larger-scale clinical trials. It is for research teams, including small businesses and for-profits, that can name at least two SCI community partners and design a study leading toward a definitive trial. If you are not doing SCI clinical research, or you want funding for operations, product development, or anything short of trial-preparatory work
| Industry | Estimated fit |
|---|---|
| Healthcare & BiotechMatches your industry (clinical) | 68 |
| Technology & SoftwareMatches your industry (tech) | 66 |
| Education & TrainingLimit: Nothing in this notice points to education & training | 54 |
| Energy & Clean TechLimit: Nothing in this notice points to energy & clean tech | 54 |
| Environment & ConservationLimit: Nothing in this notice points to environment & conservation | 54 |
| Social Services & NonprofitMatches your industry (community) | 54 |
| Industry | Estimated fit |
|---|---|
| Agriculture & FarmingLimit: Nothing in this notice points to agriculture & farming | 51 |
| Construction & InfrastructureLimit: Nothing in this notice points to construction & infrastructure | 51 |
| Food & BeverageLimit: Nothing in this notice points to food & beverage | 50 |
| Housing & Real EstateLimit: Nothing in this notice points to housing & real estate | 50 |
| Arts & CultureLimit: Nothing in this notice points to arts & culture | 49 |
| Finance & BankingLimit: Nothing in this notice points to finance & banking | 49 |
| ManufacturingLimit: Nothing in this notice points to manufacturing | 49 |
| Transportation & LogisticsLimit: Nothing in this notice points to transportation & logistics | 49 |
| Retail & E-CommerceLimit: Nothing in this notice points to retail & e-commerce | 48 |
These are our matcher’s estimates for a typical business in each industry. A real match depends on your size, your state and what you need the money for — check your own fit.
FY26 Spinal Cord Injury Research Program Clinical Translation Research Award funds preliminary clinical research (feasibility, pilot, optimization) to de-risk and prepare for larger SCI clinical trials. Open to any entity type; applications must include SCI community partners and may use an early-career PI partnership option.
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) Clinical Translation Research Award (CTRA) supports high-impact, new, or emerging clinical research that requires additional preliminary studies, such as feasibility, pilot, or optimization, to prepare for future larger-scale clinical trials or implementation. Primary objectives of this mechanism include: • Accelerating the translation of current and emerging techniques or interventions into clinical use by addressing specific barrier(s) to clinical success for the purpose of de-risking or informing the design of definitive trials. • Identifying the most effective diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation options to support critical decision-making for patients, clinicians, care partners and policymakers.
Distinctive Features: • This funding opportunity contains an Early-Career Partnership Option, which allows for two principal investigators (PIs). If this option is selected, at least one of the named PIs must be an early-career investigator. Be advised, all associated applications for a research project may be withdrawn if the initiating or partnering application is rejected or administratively withdrawn. • Applications to this funding opportunity must name at least two spinal cord injury (SCI) community partners who will provide advice and consultation throughout the planning and implementation of the research project.
The listing does not include detailed eligibility text. Check the official listing before you apply.
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