Indiana CTSI Community Health Partnerships Trailblazer Planning Grant 2026

Indiana CTSI Community Health Partnerships is offering up to $5,000 for statewide Indiana community-university partnership planning. A qualifying Indiana faculty lead and community lead must apply together; the full application deadline is October 1, 2026, with an optional but encouraged letter of intent due September 17, 2026.

FundingUp to $5,000 per partnership.

DeadlineOptional/encouraged LOI deadline passed September 17, 2026; full application remains due October 1, 2026. Current Indiana CTSI public materials do not state an exact submission clock time or time zone.

Last verifiedSeptember 18, 2026

Required next actionThe optional/encouraged LOI date has passed, but the full application remains open. Confirm a qualified Indiana university-community partnership, both lead requirements and network membership; finalize the partnership-development scope, two-page description, timeline, budget/justification, lead resumes/CVs/biosketches, educational-use response and checklist; submit through WebCAMP by October 1, 2026.

Broad Eligibility

Statewide Indiana. Each proposal must include at least one university-based lead and one community-based lead employed by Indiana-based institutions/organizations. The university lead must be full-time at least 80% FTE faculty at an Indiana academic institution. The community lead must spend at least 80% of time working in the community. All application participants must join the Indiana CTSI Community Health Partnerships Network.

Atlas Analysis

Atlas Opportunity Score 79/100. N9+ Fit 15/100. Partner-Led planning only. The award is for partnership development, not N9+ deployment: the RFA excludes research pilot projects and supplies for existing partnership work, caps individual equipment items at $1,000, disallows indirect/F&A, and limits faculty salary support to $1,000. A future partnership could plan telehealth or access-to-care research involving guided examinations or vitals, but N9+ should not be forced into the current $5,000 budget.

Source verificationReferenced source · indianactsi.orgAtlas last verified this record September 18, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗