Open Forums

Open Forums provide online tools for open brainstorming.

Active Open Forums

  • CER / PCORI: Share information and facilitate collaborations around CER and PCORI.
  • Digital Health Innovators: Discuss questions and ideas about Digital Health
    VPN: navigate to http://accelerate.ucsf.edu/forums/mhealth

Forums marked with the icon UCSF & affiliates only are restricted to UCSF & Affiliates only. To access, do one of the following:

  • Use a network connection that originates from UCSF campus or a UCSF CTSI Affiliate location
  • Login via MyAccess
  • Use VPN — instructions below

Archived Open Forums

  • CTSI Annual Pilot Awards to Improve the Conduct of Research : An "Open Proposal" opportunity
  • Patient Centered Outcomes Research (AHRQ R24): Share information and facilitate collaborations around this funding opportunity.
    VPN: navigate to http://accelerate.ucsf.edu/forums/PCOR_R24_2012
  • UCSF Profiles: Send us questions, feedback & suggestions about the tool that helps you search, discover and network with colleagues.
  • CTSA Admin Supplement: Join us in crafting the CTSI Admin Supplement submissions, due in Feb 2011.
    VPN: navigate to http://accelerate.ucsf.edu/forums/adminsupp_feb2011
  • Renewal: CTSA Grant Renewal Ideas for potential inclusion in the competing grant renewal
    VPN: navigate to http://accelerate.ucsf.edu/renewal
  • Stimulus Funding: Ideas for utilizing economic stimulus package funding opportunities
    VPN: navigate to http://accelerate.ucsf.edu/stimulus
  • CTSI Year 4 Ideas: Ideas to influence CTSI's Year 4 activities
    VPN: navigate to http://accelerate.ucsf.edu/ideas

VPN

Accessing Open Forums with VPN

To access UCSF-only Open Forums with the VPN, use the Network Connect application, as illustrated. Then navigate to the desired forum using the URLs listed above.

To request access to VPN, email
ITS customer support or call (415) 514-4100 Option 2 to request set up.

Contact us if you encounter problems accessing Open Forums.

Accelerate is managed by the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), part of the Clinical and Translational Science Award program funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (Grant Number UL1 TR000004) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Cite CTSI NIH Funding Acknowledgment: Important — All publications resulting from the utilization of CTSI resources are required to credit the CTSI grant by including the NIH Funding Acknowledgment and must comply with NIH Public Access Policy.