Many grants require a letter of support attesting to the availability of GCRC resources. Please
edit and personalize the following draft for your project
and submit it to us at gcrc@u.washington.edu.
Remember to provide your return address, the title of your grant application, your grant
submission deadline, and information about where to send the letter signed by our Program
Director (or let us know how to contact you when the letter is ready for pick-up in our
office, UWMC Room SS732).
Dear Dr. ___________ :
I am pleased to write this letter in support of your project, _____________________________.
The Clinical Research Center (CRC) at the University of Washington is part of the Institute for
Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) that is funded by a NIH CTSA award to provide clinical
research resources for investigators, promote interaction among faculty members from various
disciplines, and provide training opportunities.
Should this project be funded, we could support this research by providing outpatient examination
rooms, inpatient beds, biostatistical and research subject advocate consultation, and assistance
from research nurses on aspects of your study. The CTSA award mandates that the ITHS share the
cost of services with investigators. Consequently, a cost estimate has been provided to you for
inclusion in your study budget.
The use of the CRC requires approval by the Human Subjects Review Committee, the ITHS Center for
Scientific Review and a unit specific resource allocation evaluation.
We look forward to collaborating with you on this research.
Sincerely,
Mary L. (Nora) Disis
Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean of Translational Health Sciences