Opportunity Overview
The South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute (SCTR) Research Voucher Program provides small awards to support eligible research services and supplies for MUSC investigators and qualifying MUSC-affiliated community projects.
Funding and Current Window
Vouchers provide up to $2,500. The current application window runs from July 1 through September 30, 2026, with voucher expiration on December 31, 2026. The public SCTR voucher page does not state an exact closing time or timezone, so Atlas does not infer one.
Eligibility
The current official page states that the principal investigator must have an MUSC faculty appointment. Basic, translational, and clinical researchers are eligible, as are MUSC-affiliated community projects. One voucher is permitted per MUSC IACUC- or IRB-approved study per year.
Eligible and Ineligible Uses
Published reimbursable uses include research services and supplies such as SCTR research-coordinator time, MUHA laboratory services, clinical procedures, pregnancy-testing supplies, MUSC core facilities, and certain off-campus laboratory services.
Published exclusions include BMIC data-request processing, food, personnel effort, parking, travel, computers, IRB fees, and publication costs.
Submission
Applicants initiate the request through SPARCRequest. The SCTR SUCCESS Center reviews requests, with the current page describing an approximately two-business-day review process before applicants receive the voucher application link.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 58/100. This is a useful, currently open South Carolina research-support mechanism with a clear funding amount and explicit eligible-cost categories, but the small award size and narrow reimbursement structure limit broader project potential.
N9+ Fit Score: 10/100. The published program does not establish a clear pathway for purchasing an N9+ device or platform. A limited research-support role could be possible only where an eligible MUSC study uses allowable clinical procedures or research services connected to remote-examination research and SCTR confirms the specific cost.
QC Healthcare Fit: 5/100. Any QC Healthcare involvement would need to map to a specifically allowable research service and be approved within an eligible MUSC study. Routine clinical staffing is not established as an eligible use.
Direct-vendor disposition: Dr. Miltie is not the eligible applicant. Treat this as an MUSC investigator-led micro-funding mechanism, not a direct-vendor opportunity.
Contact
The SCTR SUCCESS Center may be reached at success@musc.edu or 843-792-8300.
Next Action
Eligible MUSC investigators should confirm that the underlying study has the required MUSC IACUC or IRB approval, initiate the request in SPARCRequest, and verify the specific reimbursable cost before relying on voucher funds.
Official source: MUSC SCTR Research Vouchers.