Citing the ITS and CTSA support

Acknowledging the Institute for Translational Sciences (ITS) and the Clinical Translational Sciences Award (CTSA) in all scientific publications and posters describing work supported by the ITS helps ensure that our resources are available in the future and is required by journals.

In addition, all peer-review publications supported in full or in part by the CTSA must follow the NIH Public Access Policy described at the bottom of this page.

To acknowledge the support of the Institute for Translational Sciences, please use:

"This study was conducted with the support of the Institute for Translational Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch, supported in part by a Clinical and Translational Science Award (UL1TR001439) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.


For CTSA Mentored Program KL2 Program Scholars, please use:

"This study was conducted with the support of the Institute for Translational Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch, supported in part by a by a Clinical and Translational Science Award Mentored Career Development (KL2) Award (KL2TR001441) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.


For CTSA Mentored Program TL1 Program Trainees, please use:

"This study was conducted with the support of the Institute for Translational Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch, supported in part by a Clinical and Translational Science Award NRSA (TL1) Training Core (TL1TR001440) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.


For all peer-reviewed publications:

Publications and other academic work that benefit (in whole or in part) from ITS resources and CTSA grant programs must be submitted to PubMed Central, as required by the NIH Public Access Policy. This Policy ensures that NIH-supported publications are accessible to the public to help advance science and improve human health. All final peer-reviewed journal manuscripts that arise from NIH funds must be submitted to PubMed Central.