Research Grants Program

Overview

The Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund awards grants to support TBI research in Colorado. Basic science, clinical science, health services and outcomes research are supported. Three grant mechanisms are available:

• Type I: up to $50,000 per year for up to two years
• Type II: up to $150,000 per year for up to two years
• Type III: up to $250,000 per year for up to five years (currently unavailable until further notice)

Applications from both experienced and new investigators are encouraged.

Types of Grants Previously Funded

Grants have been funded in pediatric TBI, social communication training, TBI and PTSD in veterans, extracellular cerebral spinal fluid, endocrine function in women with TBI, and epidemiology of TBI in Colorado. For a more detailed list of previously awarded research grants, go to the TBI Trust Fund website at www.tbicolorado.org.

Grant Application Process

Eligible applicants may submit a Letter of Intent to the TBI Trust Fund Research Program by June 1, 2011.  After reviewing the Letter of Intent, the TBI Trust Fund Board may invite full research grant applications from investigators whose proposals are consistent with the research priorities established by the Board.

Research Program Announcement is available here:

 CTBITF RESEARCH PROGRAM OVERVIEW & APPLICATION GUIDE (1-2011)

Other necessary forms outlined in the Application Guide:
FORM 1
FORM 2
FORM 3
FORM 4
FORM 5
FORM 6