Pilot Projects Core

先导研究核心 Colleen A.Hanlon，核心主管 摘要 维克森林翻译酒精研究中心(WF-TARC)试点研究核心将提供 通过纳入新的和创新的项目领域和 技术专长，并向初级调查人员提供种子资金，帮助他们获得独立资金 他们自己的。我们提出了一项每年10万美元的计划，为四个试点项目提供资金。 遴选过程包括1)征求建议书，2)由两个非中心组织对建议书进行分析 来自外部咨询委员会的审查员或具有特定技术或专题的临时科学家 与项目相关的专业知识，以及3)评审者为项目分配优先级分数，最高 评分项目，通常为5-7分，分发给所有中心调查人员进行评估，并进行讨论和 排名-在中心每月的一次会议上通过投票进行排序。这一过程提供了开放的机会 中心所有成员对试点研究的批评，并经常开发富有成效的合作项目 在WF-TARC和试点研究PI之间。试点申请的排名将根据 所提议的研究的创新和卓越，及其在酒精使用领域可能产生的影响 混乱的研究。将优先考虑可能产生重大影响的研究，那些与以下方面关系最密切的研究 中心的主题，以及那些可能提供新技术和研究以供未来纳入的主题 WF-TARC。

PILOT STUDIES CORE Colleen A. Hanlon, Core Lead SUMMARY The Wake Forest Translational Alcohol Research Center (WF-TARC) Pilot Studies Core will provide a mechanism for evolution of the Center by incorporating new and innovative project areas and technical expertise, and provide seed funding to junior investigators to help them obtain independent funding of their own. We are proposing a program with $100,000 available each year to fund four Pilot Projects. The selection process involves 1) a call for proposals, 2) analysis of the proposals by two non-Center reviewers, either from the External Advisory Board or ad-hoc scientists with particular technical or topical expertise relevant to the project, and 3) the reviewers assign priority scores to the projects, and the highest scoring projects, usually 5-7, are 4) distributed to all Center investigators for evaluation, and are discussed and rank-ordered by voting at one of the monthly Center meetings. This process provides the opportunity for open critique of Pilot Studies by all members of the Center, and often develops productive collaborative projects between WF-TARC and Pilot Study PI’s. Rankings of pilot applications will be made according to the innovation and excellence of the research proposed, as well as its likely impact in the area of alcohol use disortder research. Priority will be given to studies that could have high impact, those most closely related to the theme of the Center, and those that may offer new technologies and research for future incorporation into WF-TARC.