On Jul. 14, 2010, the Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) received a $20 million Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National Institutes of Health. The CTSA made VCU the first academic health center in Virginia to join a national consortium of 60 research centers sponsored by the NIHﾒs National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.

The CCTR was founded at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007 to enhance research infrastructure and promote collaboration.