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Instructions for citing our work

We request that researchers who utilized our resources and have authored a publication to cite our work and grant support as follows. Utilizing our resources includes receiving clinical data extracts, accessing the clinical data warehouse directly, collaborating with us on data analysis, or working with a REDCap project.

REDCap

Any publication that results from a REDCap project should use the following citation. If your work was started prior to May 2017, please add UL1 TR000371. 

"This work was supported by NIH/NCATS grants UL1 TR000445 and UL1 TR001105. Study data were collected and managed using REDCap electronic data capture tools hosted at The University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics (SBMI) at Houston.1 REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure, web-based application designed to support data capture for research studies, providing 1) an intuitive interface for validated data entry; 2) audit trails for tracking data manipulation and export procedures; 3) automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to common statistical packages; and 4) procedures for importing data from external sources.

[1] Paul A. Harris, Robert Taylor, Robert Thielke, Jonathon Payne, Nathaniel Gonzalez, Jose G. Conde, Research electronic data capture (REDCap) – A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support, J Biomed Inform. 2009 Apr;42(2):377-81."

General Data Requests / Extracts

If your research made use of data provided by us, please cite as follows:

"This work was supported by CTSA grant number UL1-TR003167."

How to Cite Grants

Investigators who received funding through the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), or who used any CTSA services to support their research, are required by the NIH to cite the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) grant. Grant citations are used as a critical performance measure when reporting evaluation metrics to the NIH. 

Citation Examples

The following language may be used to acknowledge the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences: 

The research [publication title] was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health, through UTHealth-CCTS grant number [grant number]. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences or the National Institutes of Health. 

Award Numbers

Be sure to include all award numbers for which you received support. The following tables may be used to determine the appropriate number(s).

Support: 2024-Current
Start Date
End Date
Award Number
UM1 Primary CTSA Grant
July 24, 2024
June 30, 2031
UM1TR004906
CTSA Program K12 Grant
July 25, 2024
June 30, 2029
K12TR004908
CTSA Program T32 Predoctoral Grant
August 1, 2024
June 30, 2029
T32TR004905
CTSA Program T32 Postdoctoral Grant
August 1, 2024
June 30, 2029
T32TR004904

Support: 2019-2024
Start Date
End Date
Award Number
UL1 Service - Primary CTSA Grant
July 24, 2019
June 30, 2024
UL1TR003167
KL2 Grant
July 24, 2019
June 30, 2024
KL2TR003168
TL1 Grant
July 24, 2019
June 30, 2024
TL1TR003169
Helpful Links and Tips for Investigators
  1. Learn the NIH grant format. NIH is the world's largest awarder of biomedical research grants, and their format is commonly used by other grant agencies as well.
  2. Familiarize yourself with the Office of Extramural Research (OER), the arm of NIH that awards grants. Visit https://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm for information on applying for grants, writing grant applications, and additional grant opportunities. 
  3. Sign up to receive NIH updates or follow on social media: https://grants.nih.gov/news-events/subscribe-follow
  4. Check out the NIH’s 27 institutes and centers at: https://www.nih.gov/institutes-nih. They list funding opportunities and tips that may be relevant to you even if your work is not related to that institute or center. 
  5. Read sample grant applications, as it helps to have a good model to follow. Visit: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/grants-contracts/sample-applications.
  6. Ask colleagues for their grant applications. For applications in your field, ask collaborators if you can read their funded grant applications. If applying for an unusual grant, such as an NIH K99/R00, successful applicants at your institution will usually share their applications.
  7. Use NIH RePORTER (https://report.nih.gov/) to find those at your institution with particular grants (or to find anything about funded NIH grants).   
  8. For CCTS Letters of Support stating the use of CCTS services for your proposed research, contact the CCTS at [email protected].

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