Colorado Pilot Program (CO-Pilot)
Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI), University of Colorado Anschutz
One-year pilot awards for cross-disciplinary proof-of-concept and feasibility studies. $40,000 for mentored and junior investigator awards; $50,000 for CU-CSU collaboration awards spanning two institutions.
- Indicative award
- $40k–$50k (total award)$40,000 for mentored and junior investigator awards; $50,000 for CU-CSU collaboration awards. One-year funding period.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Nov, Dec, JanNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Annual. The 2025-26 cycle posted its RFA 3 November 2025, intent to apply 8 December 2025, application 12 January 2026, award start 1 August 2026. Expect the same November-to-January rhythm for the next round.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- PI must be at a CCTSI-affiliated institution: CU Anschutz/Boulder/Denver, Colorado State University, UCHealth, Children's Hospital Colorado, National Jewish Health, VA Eastern Colorado, Denver Health, or Kaiser Permanente Colorado. Investigators at non-affiliated institutions may collaborate but cannot be PI. Students, residents, fellows and trainees cannot be PI or co-PI.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- pilot study · proof of concept · cross-institutional collaboration · translational science
- Apply at
- https://cctsi.cuanschutz.edu/funding/copilot
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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