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A Common Dialect for Infrastructure and Services in Translator

Award Number: OT2TR003449
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/13/2024
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 11/30/2024

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A Common Dialect for Infrastructure and Services in Translator - 1) We will build a robust, dynamic Translator Standards and Reference Implementations Component (SRI) that integrates the collaborations and investments that the NCATS Translator has made to date. This component will consist of a suite of standards and products, a model for their governance, and processes to coordinate integration and shared implementation: ● Community governance coordination will be developed with community buy-in to ensure an effective collaborative environment, and drive consortium-wide consensus on the other components. ● Architecture and API specifications will drive community efforts to define details of project architecture and communication protocols across Translator Knowledge Providers (KPs), Autonomous Relay Agents (ARAs), and the Autonomous Relay System (ARS). ● The BioLink model will define the standard entity types, relationship types, and a schema shared by all Translator components. This includes related utility libraries and a novel approach to accommodate multiple alternate data modeling perspectives. ● Integrated reference ontologies will provide BioLink-compliant terms and relationships. We will draw on the ROBOKOP Ubergraph framework [1] , the Monarch integrated ontologies, and other ontologies from Open Biological and Biomedical Ontologies (OBO) [2] . ● A continually-updated knowledge graph and data lake will provide Translator with a standardized and integrated global view of the whole information landscape. ● Next-generation Shared Translator Services will integrate features of ROBOKOP [3] , Monarch [4] , BioLink [5] , and the reasoner APIs to remove integration barriers. These services will provide validation, lookup, and mapping functionality for use across Translator. ● A registry of Translator KPs, ARAs, and shared services will increase efficiency, eliminate duplication of effort, and promote collaboration. 2) Our proposed SRI will address the problem of connecting together different components and data/information sources at scale, with community buy-in, and with a plan for sustainability. 3) For the development of the standards component of the SRI, our plan will begin with accepted Translator standards, and we will work with the ARS, ARAs, and KPs to identify gaps. We will have a community process for contributing to the standards, making use of GitHub pull requests and voting, to help everyone contribute effectively and fairly with clear attribution. We will ensure rigorous documentation and testing. For the reference implementation component, we will stand up core Translator services, and will include additional services if they are useful to more than one Translator component rather than used by only one. 4) Consensus-building is hard. Our team has proven expertise and resources to identify needs, refine solutions, and find agreement , thereby successfully bringing infrastructure to fruition. Our team also has the technical and biological expertise to design and test the necessary standards, having been at the forefront of multiple ontology, data standards, and large enterprise software initiatives. 5) The Translator infrastructure is by nature heterogeneous, distributed, and growing; consequently, the most significant data and infrastructure challenge is managing the validity, currency, equivalency, and typing of entities (diseases, phenotypes, drugs, etc.). Our group has developed several innovative algorithms for managing this and related problems; these algorithms are in use for other integration projects and will be modified to suit Translator needs.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = -$265,755 )
2025	2024	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF COLORADO	13001 E 17TH PL STE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	001	2	2/25/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$178,959
2025	2024	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF COLORADO	13001 E 17TH PL STE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	000	2	10/15/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2025	2024	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL	104 AIRPORT DR STE 2200	CHAPEL HILL	NC	27599	ORANGE	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	002	3	2/25/2025	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	-$86,795
														Subtotal = -$265,755

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $1,131,258 )
2024	2024	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO	13001 E 17TH PL STE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	003	2	2/14/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2024	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE	13001 E 17TH PLACE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	001	2	12/9/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$1,131,258
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL	104 AIRPORT DR STE 2200	CHAPEL HILL	NC	27599	ORANGE	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	007	3	9/18/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	-$139,193
2024	2024	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO	13001 E 17TH PL STE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	008	2	9/19/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$139,193
2024	2024	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO	13001 E 17TH PL STE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	005	2	9/12/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$1,017,835
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL	104 AIRPORT DR STE 2200	CHAPEL HILL	NC	27599	ORANGE	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	006	3	9/13/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$1,017,835
2024	2021	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO	13001 E 17TH PL STE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	004	2	9/12/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2024	2021	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE	13001 E 17TH PLACE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	002	2	12/14/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2024	2021	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE	13001 E 17TH PLACE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	000	2	11/30/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
														Subtotal = $1,131,258

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $1,132,252 )
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE	13001 E 17TH PLACE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	002	2	5/4/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE	13001 E 17TH PLACE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	001	2	12/7/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$1,132,252
2023	2021	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE	13001 E 17TH PLACE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	000	2	12/3/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
														Subtotal = $1,132,252

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $1,132,252 )
2022	2022	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE	13001 E 17TH PLACE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	005	2	4/27/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2022	2022	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE	13001 E 17TH PLACE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	004	2	2/4/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$1,132,252
2022	2021	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE	13001 E 17TH PLACE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	002	2	12/10/2021	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$668,528
2022	2021	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE	13001 E 17TH PLACE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	003	2	1/27/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2022	2021	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE	13001 E 17TH PLACE F428	AURORA	CO	80045	ADAMS	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	007	2	6/27/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$129,586
2022	2021	OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY	1500 SW JEFFERSON ST	CORVALLIS	OR	97331	BENTON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	006	1	6/27/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$129,586
2022	2021	OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY	1500 SW JEFFERSON ST	CORVALLIS	OR	97331	BENTON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	001	1	12/2/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$668,528
2022	2020	OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY	1500 SW JEFFERSON ST	CORVALLIS	OR	97331	BENTON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	000	1	12/2/2021	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $1,132,252

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $1,238,040 )
2021	2021	OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY	1500 SW JEFFERSON ST	CORVALLIS	OR	97331	BENTON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	001	1	2/9/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$1,238,040
2021	2020	OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY	1500 SW JEFFERSON ST	CORVALLIS	OR	97331	BENTON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	000	1	2/4/2021	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $1,238,040

Grand Total All Awards = $4,368,047

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A Common Dialect for Infrastructure and Services in Translator

Award Number: OT2TR003449

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/13/2024

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 11/30/2024

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