Duke CTSI provides support and resources to Duke research teams. Duke's Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) provides essential funding and support to Duke programs, faculty and staff to facilitate the acceleration of scientific discoveries into improved outcomes for patients. Duke CTSI is one of over 60 medical research institution members of the CTSA program, a national consortium created to improve how biomedical research is conducted across the country. The CTSA program is led by the NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).