![Academy Class](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180_/public/2023-05/Audience.jpg?itok=mnvi56cL)
C-STAR Programs at the Academy
Education is central to Advancing Human Ability — learning, teaching, disseminating what we learn.
read more![Exterior SRAlab](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180_/public/2023-07/Exterior%20Detail%20.header.jpg?itok=7eetUG_y)
Apply for Pilot Project Funding
C-STAR will fund at least four projects a year that have the potential for significant clinical impact and lead to successful grant applications to NIH and other national funding agencies. Learn more about applying.
read more![Mentorship](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180_/public/2023-07/cstar-mentorshi.jpg?itok=KIlybmOS)
Mentorship
Our program provides junior faculty and early-career rehabilitation researchers with mentoring and career advancement guidance from senior scientists and clinicians at Shirley Ryan ÄÛBÑо¿Ôº.
read more![C-STAR Collaborative Opportunities](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180_/public/2020-09/201912_PMR_ÄÛBÑо¿Ôº_Crawford_100-9.jpg?itok=kJgwUkkc)
Consult with our Experts
ÄÛBÑо¿Ôºers and clinicians are invited to join our hands-on learning and mentoring program, IdeaLab.
read more![C-STAR Chicago](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180_/public/2023-02/HIPCH_ShirleyRyanÄÛBÑо¿Ôº_PP1010Burk_160902_lip.jpg?itok=U-yF3t6a)
About C-STAR
Connecting researchers with the right tools to develop technology to accurately assess outcomes in the field of rehabilitation science.
read more![RMD data](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180_/public/2020-06/Data.RMD_.header..jpg?itok=EUR5uhJE)
Explore Data Sharing
Access benchmark data from a wide range of diagnostic conditions, as well as resources from the Rehabilitation Measures Database.
read moreThe relationships that have formed along the way with my mentorship group have created a great environment to learn, grow, and improve on my path towards research independence.
Tanner Thorsen, Ph.D, 2022 Mentee
Meet the Mentees
Hear from the 2022 mentees on how they benefitted from their partnership with C-STAR.
C-STAR News
Congratulations to our 2023 Pilot Project Awardees!
Each year projects are selected to receive funding as part of the C-STAR Pilot Project Program. Projects are chosen based on the quality of their research design and innovation, potential impact on patient care, alignment with C-STAR’s mission to advance technology in rehabilitation, and ability of the research team to lead efforts toward securing extramural funding.
![2023awardees](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_1040x584_/public/2024-05/awardee_box2023.jpg?itok=IwpP6LV9)
Body
C-STAR Team
Our center brings together a rich intellectual community of the best engineers, scientists, clinicians and community research experts.
Sign up for C-STAR Newsletter
Be the first to know about new funding and educational opportunities.
Body
C-STAR is a research center within the , and is funded by the National Institutes of Health (Grant #P2C HD101899) supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
Body
![C-STAR Logo](/sites/default/files/inline-images/C-Star%20Logo%20Final-web.png)
The Center for Smart Use of Technologies to Assess Real World Outcomes (C-STAR) is a research initiative of Shirley Ryan ÄÛBÑо¿Ôº, the #1 rehabilitation hospital in the United States, in collaboration with Northwestern University. Learn more at sralab.org.