CTSA postdoctoral T32 program at georgetown-howard universities center for clinical and translational sciences - initially funded as a clinical translational science award program (CTSA) in 2010,…

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health awarded Georgetown University $206,908 on September 1, 2026, under the CTSA Postdoctoral T32 Program (CFDA 93.350) to support a two-year translational biomedical science training program for postdoctoral fellows.

Georgetown University leads the Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (GHUCCTS), a multi-institutional partnership also comprising Howard University, MedStar Health Research Institute, the Washington DC Veterans Administration Medical Center, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The award funds postdoctoral training in clinical and translational research skills for fellows recruited from Georgetown University, Howard University, MedStar Health Research Institute, and the DC VA Medical Center. The program builds on a ten-year track record: prior cohorts of 24 postdoctoral alumni produced 141 publications (55 as first author), 74 talks, 112 poster presentations, and 26 extramural grants, with 96 percent remaining in clinical and translational research and related fields.

Performance occurs in Washington, DC. The award period runs through August 31, 2031. As a Project Grant under the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences' mission to accelerate the translational research pipeline and speed delivery of new diagnostics and therapeutics to patients, the funding supports workforce development in translational biomedical science within the GHUCCTS partnership network.

CTSA postdoctoral T32 program at georgetown-howard universities center for clinical and translational sciences - initially funded as a clinical translational science award program (CTSA) in 2010, the georgetown-howard universities center for clinical and translational science (GHUCCTS) is a unique partnership of georgetown university (GU), howard university (HU), medstar health research institute (MHRI), the washington DC veterans administration medical center (DCVAMC), and OAK ridge national laboratory. The overall vision of GHUCCTS is to advance the CTSA research and training missions through the unique capacities of our partnering institutions for developing new technologies to conduct clinical and translational research and science (CTR/CTS) and by engaging the populations in our community. The large pool of faculty conducting CTR/CTS throughout GHUCCTS has facilitated our ability over the past ten years to annually recruit and train an outstanding cohort of postdoctoral fellows from GU, HU, MHRI and the DCVAMC in the skills they need to pursue a future career in CTR. Our 24 postdoctoral alumni have an impressive track record based on CTR they launched during the TL1 award period including 141 publications with 55 as first author, 74 talks, 112 poster presentations, and 26 successful extramural grants. Moreover, 96% remain in CTR and related fields. Our fellows have received 57 research recognition awards for their abstracts, poster and platform presentations at scientific meetings and have held multiple leadership roles in the CTSA consortium including the william schnaper visiting scientist program that provides national venues for CTSA predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows to share their science and network. Our proposed translational biomedical science (TBS) 2-year training program for postdoctoral fellows in the biomedical sciences within GHUCCTS builds upon the strategies that led to our postdoctoral fellows' successful track record in CTR and leadership accomplishments and expands upon our training and career development activities in CTR to encompass CTS, which is the field that generates innovations that overcome longstanding challenges along the translational research pipeline…to transform the way that research is done, making IT faster, more efficient, and more impactful (NCATS). Our three primary objectives are to: 1) extend postdoctoral training in CTS to a range of disciplines by expanding recruitment efforts to additional programs, centers, divisions and departments within the GHUCCTS consortium; 2) prepare promising postdoctoral fellows for future careers as independent researchers, national leaders, trailblazers, ambassadors and mentors in the emerging field of CTS; and, 3) evaluate and conduct continuous quality improvement studies of our TBS postdoctoral fellowship program to implement and disseminate evidence- based improvements. Two training slots, the maximum allowable for a tier G hub, are requested per year.