NJ ACTS Community News

January 2024

The NJ ACTS Community Scientist Program creates partnerships between community partners interested in being involved in research, and researchers looking to partner with the community in their research.

It's designed to educate people about the ethics and responsible conduct in community-engaged research, as well as provide opportunities for networking with researchers and other community scientists.

No prior involvement in research is required.

To learn more, go here

Planning for the next session is in progress.

To add your name to our waiting list, go here

Funding Opportunities

Horizon Healthy Communities Grant Program

The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey has teamed up with the New Jersey Center for Nonprofits to create a special grant program designed to empower and uplift local projects dedicated to physical and mental health.

Horizon Healthy Communities Grant Program is supporting small, start-up, or newly established health focused nonprofits in New Jersey. The foundation will award 20 grants of $5,000 each for general operating support or to assist nonprofit organizations as they build their capacity and scale programs.

Click here to review the application site and apply.

Deadline: Friday, March 1, 2024

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

Learn what’s in store for 2024!

February 7, 2024

2:00-2:30 pm

Hear members of PCORI’s executive leadership share information about:

Upcoming funding opportunities
Ways PCORnet® can support your patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research
How to share your experiences and knowledge through public input, advisory panels and more

Whether you’re a researcher, patient, patient advocate or another healthcare community member, this is an event you can’t miss!

Around the CTSA

Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA)

Annual Meeting Posters

NJ ACTS joins 60 leading institutions in a national network that speeds the translation of research discoveries into improved care.

Funding for this work is supported by the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program.

A great way to learn more is by viewing research posters from the latest CTSA Program Meeting Leveraging Real World Data (RWD) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Advance Translation,

View here

New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science

https://njacts.rbhs.rutgers.edu/community/

This newsletter is supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number, UL1TR003017 to Rutgers University. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not represent the official views of the NIH.

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