Pilot Projects Core

试点研究核心 Colleen A. Hanlon，核心负责人 摘要 维克森林转化酒精研究中心 (WF-TARC) 试点研究核心将提供 通过纳入新的创新项目领域和 技术专长，并向初级研究人员提供种子资金，帮助他们获得独立资金 他们自己的。我们提议每年提供 100,000 美元的计划来资助四个试点项目。 选择过程包括 1) 征集提案，2) 对两个非中心的提案进行分析 评审员，要么来自外部顾问委员会，要么来自具有特定技术或主题的特设科学家 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，并且最高的分数 4) 评分项目，通常为 5-7 个，分发给所有中心调查员进行评估，并进行讨论和 通过在每月一次的中心会议上投票来排序。这个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 WF-TARC 和试点研究 PI 之间。试点申请排名按照 拟议研究的创新性和卓越性，以及其对酒精使用领域可能产生的影响 扰乱器研究。将优先考虑可能产生重大影响的研究，那些与以下方面最密切相关的研究 该中心的主题，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.