Penn Genetics, in partnership with the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT) and the Penn Center for Precision Medicine (PCPM), invites proposals to fund Translational Genetics Initiatives (TGIs).  

We are seeking applications for TGIs from interdisciplinary groups of scientists and clinicians who propose innovative, translational genetic approaches to the diagnosis, sub-phenotyping, risk assessment, prevention, and/or treatment of human disease. To be considered translational, the proposed TGIs should consist of highly integrated and interdisciplinary programs with the ability to move scientific discoveries into the clinic, and with the potential for an impact on patient care and outcomes. The project must make use of the Penn Medicine Biobank resources in some capacity (http://www.itmat.upenn.edu/biobank/).

Proposals are due by Monday, April 15 at 12 PM for a project start date of July 1, 2019.

Please submit online at www.med.upenn.edu/apps/itmat/pg and choose Translational Genetics Initiatives when submitting your application.  We encourage presubmission inquiries; please put “TGI presubmission inquiry” in the title of your email and send to Rebecca Helgesen at rebecca.helgesen@uphs.upenn.edu.