CIMIT Grants support early stage, collaborative research projects for improving patient care, with emphasis on devices, procedures, diagnosis, and peri-procedural systems. To be considered for a CIMIT Grant, a proposal must present a collaborative, multi-disciplinary plan of work that specifically advances the likelihood that a new concept will yield benefit in the clinical setting. CIMIT values proposals by teams that reach across member institutions and whose novel ideas may create technologies that can benefit several medical disciplines.

CIMIT currently funds projects in diagnostics, image guided therapies, tissue engineering, neurotechnologies, minimally invasive surgery, sepsis detection, trauma/casualty care, simulation, cardiovascular disease, global health, and peri-procedural systems. CIMIT is particularly interested in new approaches for managing combat trauma, including hemorrhage control, extending the “Golden Hour,” and traumatic brain injury.

The CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare:
Letters of intent accepted Dec. 1, 2008 - Jan. 15, 2009.

Science Grants and Clinical Systems Innovation Grants:
Pre-proposals accepted Jan. 1, 2009 - Feb. 15, 2009.

Go to the listing of all 2010 CIMIT Grants and Awards.

CIMIT does not support drug development, information technology-centric projects, basic research, or clinical trials.

CIMIT does not provide funding for Industry, but does provide services and SBIR grant assistance to companies through its Industry Liaison Program.

CIMIT awards grants to principal investigators within CIMIT's consortium institutions. However, funded projects may include team members from other academic institutions and industry.

CIMIT urges all investigators (especially first-time applicants) to contact the CIMIT Site Miner at your institution. Also, work with the leaders of CIMIT Programs most relevant to your application. The Site Miner can answer questions and connect you with CIMIT leaders and staff. These leaders can help you network with other CIMIT institutions, suggest potential collaborators, and advise on developing your pre-proposal application.