Case Western Reserve University plans to match $250,000 Johnson & Johnson grant for translational research

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Case Western Reserve University plans to at least match a $250,000 challenge grant from Johnson & Johnson Services Inc. aimed at improving human health by translating biomedical research from the bench to the bedside.

That means Case Western Reserve will have at least $500,000 to grant in $50,000 to $100,000 increments to researchers in its schools and departments, preferably those who are doing interdisciplinary or translational projects, according to a university statement.

Case is receiving the grant through the Johnson & Johnson Corporate Office of Science and Technology (COSAT) and its affiliates, the university said. It will use the grant to support science, medicine and engineering projects to improve human health, and will “match or possibly exceed COSAT’s commitment in support of these projects,” according to the statement

“We’re pleased to advance interdisciplinary research and development across the campus in key areas of biomedicine,” said W. A. “Bud” Baeslack, Case Western Reserve provost, in the statement.

The Johnson & Johnson program is being modeled after the Coulter-Case Translational Research Partnership program, which has successfully promoted translational research within the university’s biomedical departments, including its Department of Biomedical Engineering. Some of the new grant money may be used to support new or existing Coulter-Case projects.