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Please help to ensure the future of clinical and translational research at Tufts. Cite the NIH CTSA award any time you use Tufts CTSI resources, services, and facilities: UM1TR004398.

Tufts CTSI relies on these citations as a critical performance measure when reporting annual productivity to NIH. Bookmark this page for the NIH-approved citation text for publications, projects, posters, patents, trademarks or other tangible outcomes resulting from Tufts CTSI services and funding.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires investigators to cite the Tufts CTSI award if they:

  • Used any Tufts CTSI services to support their research
  • Received funding through Tufts CTSI

All publications supported by Tufts CTSI should be submitted via the NIH Manuscript Submission System and assigned a PubMed Central ID. For instructions and personal assistance, you may visit the Tufts University Health Science Library’s NIH Manuscript Submission page, or the NIH Public Access Policy site.

How to Cite Us

The grant number you cite may change depending on the type of assistance you received from Tufts CTSI.

  • If you used Tufts CTSI facilities or services (e.g., clinical trial support; consultative services such as research design, grant editing, analysis plan, protocol development, community engagement, etc.), received funding through our Small Grants to Advance Translational Science program (2023-), or you are (or were) a student in the Clinical and Translational Science Graduate Program, please use this language:
    The project described was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Award Number UM1TR004398. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
  • If you were a K12 Career Development Award Program scholar, please use this language: The project described was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Award Number K12TR004384. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
  • If you are a KL2 Career Development Award Program scholar, please use this language:
    The project described was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Award Number KL2TR002545. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
  • If you were a KM1 fellow in the Tufts CTSI Career Development Program in Comparative Effectiveness Research, please use this language:
    The project described was supported by the National Center for Research Resources Award Number UL1RR025752, now the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health Award Number UL1TR000073; and the National Cancer Institute, Award Number KM1CA156726. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
  • If you are a T32 predoctoral fellow, please use this language: The project described was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Award Number T32TR004417. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
  • If you are a T32 postdoctoral fellow, please use this language: The project described was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Award Number T32TR004418. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
  • If you were a TL1 pre- or postdoctoral fellow, please use this language:
    The project described was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Instiutes of Health, Award Number TL1TR002546. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
  • If you received funding through our Pilot Studies Program (2018-2022), you should cite our UL1 award # UL1TR002544.

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