Pilot Project Core

试点核心项目总结 技术和行为健康中心(CTBH)的试点项目核心旨在支持 新颖的试点项目，作为该中心的一部分，有望对该领域产生重大影响 支持开发和评估治疗技术前沿应用的活动 药物使用障碍。自过去9年的初始资助期以来，试点核心项目授予了32 创新试点(基于NIH审查程序的盲目同行审查基础上的竞争)。 这些项目是由14个申请(每年1-2个)产生的，其中包括开放的 调查员发起的项目征集和有针对性的申请请求(RFA)侧重于 将来自不同研究学科的具有专业知识的团队聚集在一起的协作项目 与物质使用相关的主题包括行为健康、计算机科学、工程学、数据 科学，以及用户界面/用户体验(UI/UX)设计。在这些奖项中，Pilot Core拥有 授予11名博士后实习生飞行员补助金，3名教师级研究人员飞行员补助金，5名飞行员 资助助理教授级别的初级教员，支持CTBH的任务，培训未来的科学家 使用物质的数字健康方法。到目前为止，试点赠款已经为 科学文献，产生了25份同行评议的出版物和20多项资助的研究补助金(其中18项 具体与物质使用有关)，包括2个NIH Ks，一项CTN研究，NIH R34，R42和R01赠款， 以及PCORI、NIDILRR、SAMHSA、基金会和CDC赠款。 在CTBH P30的第二个更新阶段，Pilot Core计划平均支持3-4个Pilot 每年的项目，以继续资助新研究领域的发展，然后 在试点阶段之后，通过外部筹资机制进行更严格的实证测试。我们计划 继续有针对性的RFA进程，在与本P30的科学目标一致的领域播种创新。在……里面 在这一过程中，大约50%的试点供资机会将继续由调查员发起。和, 大约50%的飞行员将得到关于及时和未被研究的问题的具体RFA的支持，这些问题提供 推动该领域向前发展的巨大承诺，包括继续支持技术和 行为健康专家和CTBH新优先领域的飞行员支持。与我们的努力相一致 增加专注于物质使用的科学研究人员社区的多样性，我们也 致力于增加代表人数不足的少数族裔申请者的申请。所有奖项都将颁发 在竞争的基础上提供，以支持附属于CTBH的不同研究团队的试点项目。这个 试点核心主任将向试点项目资金接受者建议在寻求外部资金方面的最佳下一步行动 资助建立在先导研究成果基础上的一系列研究。

PILOT CORE PROJECT SUMMARY The Pilot Project Core of the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH) aims to support novel pilot projects that offer considerable promise to have a large impact on the field, as part of the Center’s activities to support the development and evaluation of cutting-edge applications of technology to the treatment of substance use disorders. Since the initial funding period over the past 9 years, the Pilot Core awarded 32 innovative pilots (on a competitive basis based on blinded peer-review modeled after the NIH review process). The projects resulted from 14 Requests for Applications (1-2 per year) that included a combination of open investigator-initiated project solicitations and targeted Requests for Applications (RFAs) focused on collaborative projects bringing together teams with expertise from diverse research disciplines to address topics with key relevance to substance use including behavioral health, computer science, engineering, data science, and User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) design. Among these awards, the Pilot Core has awarded 11 pilot grants to post-doctoral level trainees, 3 pilot grants to Instructor level researchers, and 5 pilot grants to Assistant Professor level junior faculty, supporting the CTBH mission to train future scientists in digital health approaches to substance use. To date the pilot grants have made significant contributions to the scientific literature, resulting in 25 peer reviewed publications, and over 20 funded research grants (18 of which were specifically related to substance use), including 2 NIH Ks, a CTN study, NIH R34, R42 and R01 grants, as well as PCORI, NIDILRR, SAMHSA, foundation and CDC grants. In this second renewal phase of the CTBH P30, the Pilot Core plans to support an average of 3-4 pilot projects per year to continue to fund the development of a “pipeline” of new areas of research that could then progress to more rigorous empirical testing via external funding mechanisms after the pilot phase. We plan to continue a targeted RFA process to seed innovation in areas consistent with the scientific aims of this P30. In this process, approximately 50% of the pilot funding opportunities will continue to be Investigator-initiated. And, about 50% of pilots will be supported in response to specific RFAs on timely and understudied issues that offer great promise to advance the field, including continued support of collaborations between technology and behavioral health experts and support of pilots in CTBH’s new priority areas. Consistent with our efforts to increase the diversity of the scientific community of researchers focused on substance use, we are also committed to increasing applications from underrepresented minority applicants. All awards will be made available on a competitive basis to support pilot projects by diverse research teams affiliated with CTBH. The Pilot Core Director will advise recipients of pilot project funds on optimal next steps in seeking extramural funding to support a line of research that builds on pilot study results.