Consortium of Rural States (CORES) Multi-Institutional Pilot Award Program

The Clinical & Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, run by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), creates a network of medical research institutions collaborating to accelerate the translation of research into better patient care.

Nine CTSA institutions have teamed up to form the Consortium of Rural States (CORES), including Penn State. This award program encourages multi-institutional collaboration by funding innovative translational science research projects that involve two or more of these CTSA institutions.

The purpose of this award program is to promote multi-institutional collaboration across the CTSA consortium by funding innovative translational science research projects that involve two or more of these seven CTSA institutions.

Visit the CORES site for a list of 2025 pilot awardees. The 2026 program request for application is to be announced.