Translational Council

The Translational Council provides MCW Cancer Center members, community partners, trainees, and staff a formal process to seek help in translating a discovery or an idea into a funded collaborative project, early-phase clinical trial, community-based project, or commercial product. 

Translate Your Discovery or Idea

Enter the details of your project using the link below and your request will be presented to members of the Translational Council for their recommendations.
Submit Request
Formal Translational Mechanism Graphic

How It Works

Once an idea is submitted, the Translational Council evaluates the project’s strengths (e.g., unmet need, market potential, feasibility) and gaps or weaknesses, provides specific input or advice, and directs the investigator to seek expert assistance from one or more MCW Cancer Center, institutional, or outside resources.

The Translational Council staff then monitor and keep track, by means of a dashboard, of how discoveries move through the translational pipeline to deployment readiness to generate impact in the clinic or community.