@article{8a5608d325cf4c9fb1b5ef4c04d48cdf,
title = "The Biomedical Data Translator Program: Conception, Culture, and Community",
abstract = "As part of the Biomedical Data Translator program, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) has assembled 11 teams comprising nearly 200 team members drawn from 28 institutions. Roughly 1 year into the feasibility phase, we describe the program's conception, the rapid coalescence of teams and team members, the novel mechanisms of interaction and communication, and the emergent collaborative culture and community that we believe are driving the early success of the program.",
author = "Karamarie Fecho and Clemons, {Paul A.} and Ahalt, {Stanley C.} and Altman, {Russ B.} and Noel Burtt and Chute, {Christopher G.} and Michel Dumontier and Tricia Francis and Gustavo Glusman and Rajarshi Guha and Melissa Haendel and Maureen Hoatlin and Trey Ideker and Theo Knijnenburg and Matthew Might and Peden, {David B.} and Alexander Tropsha and Mathias Wawer and Chunhua Weng and {The Biomedical Data Translator Consortium}",
note = "Funding Information: The Translator program is funded via an atypical funding mechanism: an Other Transaction Award (OTA).5 The OTA is not a contract, cooperative agreement, or grant. Rather, the OTA offers much greater flexibility and allows NCATS to engage traditional partners (i.e., academic institutions) in novel ways, engage nontraditional research partners (e.g., any adult applicant, regardless of professional affiliation or educational background), and negotiate terms and conditions that focus team efforts, spur innovation, facilitate collaborative problem solving, and support rapid changes in direction in response to project needs.",
year = "2019",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1111/cts.12592",
language = "English",
volume = "12",
pages = "91--94",
journal = "Clinical and Translational Science",
issn = "1752-8054",
publisher = "Wiley",
number = "2",
}