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.

DeadlineOctober 1, 2026 - deadline passed.

Last verifiedOctober 2, 2026

Required next actionApplication deadline passed October 1, 2026. Review Indiana CTSI for a future Trailblazer Planning Grant cycle.

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. This planning grant supports Indiana university-community partnership development leading toward a future community-engaged research proposal. The current award is for partnership-building activities rather than research studies, pilot studies, or supplies for existing partnership work; individual equipment items are capped at $1,000, indirect/F&A costs are not allowed, and faculty salary support is limited to $1,000.

Source verificationReferenced source · indianactsi.orgAtlas last verified this record October 2, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗