PILOT STUDIES--DIABETES RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTER

试点和可行性计划提供年度资金，用于支持 四个糖尿病相关研究项目。该计划的目标是 支持新研究人员的小型研究项目(他们几乎没有或 没有独立研究支持)或有资格的调查人员 第一次转向糖尿病研究。通常有两个新项目 每年都会启动。8月份有一个全校范围的征集活动 提案的数量。这些提案由四个人审查，其中两个人 范德比尔特内部和该机构外部的两个。这些建议 和批评由PIF审查小组(相当于NIH)进行评估 研究部分)，并且每个提案都被分配了优先级分数。这个 然后将建议书和优先级分数提交给DRTC咨询 委员会(相当于美国国立卫生研究院理事会)作出拨款决定。支持 第二年的研究只有在工作令人满意的情况下才会给出 在第一年内完成，如果没有获得对项目的支持 在此期间。 这一计划的成功率，衡量的标准是 仍在参与糖尿病研究的研究人员(70%)，或 将他们的P/F研究转化为国家奖励的同行评审资助，是 高(&gt；50%)。在过去的10年里，情况尤其如此 (约75%)。

The Pilot and Feasibility Program provides annual funds for the support of four diabetes related research projects. The goal of the program is to support small research projects by new investigators (who have little or no independent research support) or established investigators who are turning to diabetes research for the first time. Normally two new projects are initiated each year. In August there is a university wide solicitation of proposals. These proposals are reviewed by four individuals, two internal to Vanderbilt and two external to the institution. The proposals and critiques are evaluated by the PIF Review Group (equivalent to an NIH study section) and each proposal is assigned a priority score. The proposals and priority scores are then presented to the DRTC Advisory Committee (equivalent to the NIH Council) for a funding decision. Support for a second year of research is only given when satisfactory work is completed in year one and if support for the project has not been obtained in the interim. The success rate of this program, measured either by the number of investigators who remain involved in diabetes research (70%), or who convert their P/F study into a nationally awarded, peer-reviewed grant, is high (>50%). This is particularly true for the last 10 years (approximately 75%).