Pilot Project Program

项目摘要 试点项目计划 综合神经科学中心的试点项目计划将继续建立一个临界质量， 在里诺的内华达州大学的神经科学的校外资助的调查人员，并促进访问 通过中心的四个研究核心设施提供的研究基础设施。该方案将实现 这是通过两个战略。每年将向两名初级神经科学教师提供试点项目资金， 开发利用核心设施的研究项目。项目负责人将接受一位资深人士的指导。 其领域的专家，重点是从试点项目中获取初步数据，以编制划界案 校外奖学金第二项战略是为调查人员提供小额试点奖励， 更广泛的神经科学和生物医学研究社区，以支持使用设施的费用， 每个核心中的服务。这些奖励将再次优先考虑，以使调查人员能够获得数据 寻求校外资助的必要条件这些计划将增加核心的用户基础和影响力 支持发表的研究和赠款资金，并将继续帮助建立需求和用户 核心基地，使他们能够在COBRE结束时过渡到永久性支持设施 经费

Project Summary Pilot Project Program The Pilot Project Program for the Center of Integrative Neuroscience will continue to build a critical mass of extramurally-funded investigators in neuroscience at the University of Nevada, Reno and facilitate access to the research infrastructure provided through the Center’s four research core facilities. The program will achieve this through two strategies. Pilot project funding will be provided to two junior neuroscience faculty each year to develop research projects utilizing the core facilities. The project leaders will receive mentoring by a senior expert in their area with a focus on acquiring the preliminary data from the pilot project to develop a submission for extramural grant awards. The second strategy will be to provide small pilot awards for investigators within the broader neuroscience and biomedical research community to support fees for using the facilities and services in each of the cores. These awards will again be prioritized to allow investigators to acquire the data needed for pursuing extramural funding. These programs will increase the user base and impact of the cores for supporting both published research and grant funding, and will help continue to build the need and user base for the cores that will allow them to transition to permanent supported facilities by the end of the COBRE funding.