Advance-CTR

Advance Rhode Island Clinical and Translational Research

Advance RI-CTR supports Rhode Island investigators through funding, research resources and services, and professional development offerings.

A Statewide Hub for Translational Research

Our awards, services, and resources are tailor-made to help investigators turn scientific discoveries into solutions that get to the heart of RI's community health priorities.

News From Advance-CTR

In Conversation with the Community

Engage with the Community through Advance RI-CTR's Community Engagement Studios. As part of the services available to Rhode Island researchers through its Community Engagement and Outreach Core, Advance RI-CTR now offers Community Engagement Studios. 
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Resources for Investigators

We designed our award, service, and professional development cores to meet the needs of Rhode Island's diverse investigator community.
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Advancing Discovery

Two annual award programs aim to train the next generation of health researchers to translate their findings from the bench and bedside to the larger community.

Research Services

Consult with our experts during all stages of the research process, from preparing an application and planning your project, through to project implementation and analyzing your results.

Advance RI-CTR by the Numbers

1,794

Service Consultations

528

Service Users

132

Awarded Investigators

81

Projects Launched

136

Extramural Awards to CTR Investigators

231

Trained Faculty Mentors

15

Mentoring Training Sessions Held

9

NRMN-Trained, Advance RI-CTR Mentor Facilitators

Connecting Investigators with Experts

Our service cores support RI investigators in the areas of biostatistics and research design, qualitative methods, biomedical informatics, and community-engaged research.

Training RI's Research Workforce

Explore career development opportunities, technical trainings, and more from Advance RI-CTR and our partners.

A Statewide Partnership

Our academic, hospital, and community partners make our work possible.