Pilot/Exploratory Studies Core (PESC)

PESC摘要/摘要 匹兹堡OAIC的试点/探索性研究核心（PESC）的目标是促进和资助 创新的多学科试点研究的主题领域的流动性，平衡和老龄化及其接口。 一个新的特别重点是帮助刺激基础和临床方法之间的合作和整合， 胡椒中心的科学重点 该委员会的具体目标是： 1.促进关于流动性、平衡和老龄化的创新性多学科研究。 2.发挥桥梁作用，促进基础老年科学、临床和社区研究之间的互动 企业 3.鼓励补充利用正在进行的基础，转化，临床和社区为基础的研究。 4.促进创新的技术和方法，研究流动性，平衡和老龄化。 5.与匹兹堡大学的其他团体合作（如临床和转化科学研究所和 老龄研究所），还提供试点研究奖，以增加对个别试点项目的总体资金。 6.促进、评估和选择试点项目供资（每年40，000美元），小型可再生能源试点项目（最高10，000美元）， 发展项目（每年35 000 - 70 000美元）。 7.执行授标后流程（例如，监控对道德、安全、隐私的遵守情况， 生产力和其他相关事项）的标准，小型REC试点项目和发展项目。 在延续计划的第一年，我们建议资助四项标准试验研究计划和一项小型的资源环境中心试验计划 展示匹兹堡OAIC的增长领域（促进基础/翻译/临床互动， 多学科方法的流动性，平衡和老龄化研究）。

PESC Summary/Abstract The goal of the Pilot/Exploratory Studies Core (PESC) of the Pittsburgh OAIC is to promote and fund innovative multidisciplinary pilot research in the topic areas of mobility, balance and aging and their interfaces. A new particular focus is to help spur collaboration and integration between basic and clinical approaches to the Pepper Center’s scientific emphasis. The Specific Aims of the PESC are to: 1. Promote innovative multidisciplinary research on mobility, balance and aging. 2. Act as a bridge to foster interactions between the basic geroscience, clinical and community-based research enterprises. 3. Encourage supplements to leverage ongoing basic, translational, clinical and community-based studies. 4. Promote innovative techniques and methods for research on mobility, balance and aging. 5. Partner with other University of Pittsburgh groups (e.g. Clinical and Translational Science Institute and Aging Institute) that also offer pilot study awards to increase overall funding for individual pilot projects. 6. Promote, evaluate, and select for funding Pilot projects ($40,000 per year), Small REC pilots (up to $10,000), and Developmental projects ($35,000-$70,000 per year). 7. Conduct post-award processes (e.g., monitor adherence to ethics, safety, privacy, tracking of subsequent productivity and other related matters) for Standard, Small REC pilot projects, and Developmental projects. In year one of the renewal, we propose to fund four standard Pilot research projects and one small REC Pilot demonstrating the Pittsburgh OAIC’s growth areas (fostering basis/translational/clinical interactions and multidisciplinary approaches to mobility, balance and aging research).