ACORN Pilot Core

试点项目计划将是酒精长期可持续性的重要组成部分 内布拉斯加州研究中心(ACORN)。该计划为项目调查人员提供最高可达 25,000美元，为期18个月。该计划的目标是使调查人员能够收集初步数据 支持为与酒精有关的独立、长期、较大项目提交赠款申请 研究。该计划的中心假设是，由该中心资助的试点和/或可行性项目 将导致随后向NIAAA或其他资助机构提交拨款，以推进酒精研究。 该计划选择的资助项目必须解决酒精研究中的一个关键问题，并明确 引出今后，对所选关键问题进行更广泛的研究。除了每年50,000美元的预算外 NIAAA申请中包含的试点项目，由内布拉斯加州医学大学提供的等额资金 中心负责研究的副校长(5万美元/年)，将允许ACORN将飞行员数量增加一倍 在相同的5年期间内的项目。本计划提案的目标是：(1)至少选择和资助 每年四个为期18个月的试点/可行性项目；(2)评估每个试点/可行性项目的结果；和(3) 监测将试点/可行性项目转化为资助赠款的有效性。承诺额50,000美元 内布拉斯加大学医学中心负责研究的副校长每年将允许ACORN 每年至少再资助2个试点项目。将选择试点/可行性项目作为资助依据 由了解酒精研究特定领域的调查人员审查。选定的项目将 根据定期要求的报告和对后续资助的研究补助金的监测进行评估 关于试点/可行性项目的结果。我们预计，大多数选定的试点和可行性研究将 导致在试点/可行性数据的基础上对后续研究项目提出申请。

The Pilot Projects Program will represent an essential component of the long-term sustainability of the Alcohol Center Of Research-Nebraska (ACORN). This program supports project investigators with funding up to $25,000 over an 18-month period. The program goal is to enable investigators to collect preliminary data to support submission of grant applications for independent, longer-term, larger projects related to alcohol research. The central hypothesis of this program is that pilot and/or feasibility projects funded from this Center will result in subsequent grant submissions to NIAAA or other funding agencies to advance alcohol research. The projects selected for support by this program must address a critical issue in alcohol research and clearly lead to future, more extensive study of the selected critical issue. In addition to the budgeted $50,000/year for pilot projects contained in this NIAAA application, matching funding from the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Vice Chancellor for Research ($50,000/year), will allowed ACORN to double the number of pilot projects over the same 5-year period. The aims of this program proposal are to: (1) Select and fund at least four 18-month pilot/feasibility projects each year; (2) Evaluate the results of each pilot/feasibility project; and (3) Monitor the effectiveness of converting pilot/feasibility projects into funded grants. A commitment of $50,000 per year from the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Vice Chancellor for Research will allow ACORN to fund at least 2 additional pilot projects per year. The pilot/feasibility projects will be selected for funding based on review by investigators knowledgeable about specific areas of alcohol research. The selected projects will be evaluated based on periodic required reports and monitoring of subsequent funded research grants based on the results of the pilot/feasibility projects. We expect that most of the selected pilot and feasibility studies will lead to applications for subsequent research projects building on the pilot/feasibility data.