PILOT PROJECT

试点项目

• 批准号: 7381148
• 负责人: J Donald Capra
• 金额: $ 14.85万
• 依托单位: OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-05-01 至 2007-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7381148
• 关键词: PILOT; PROJECT

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. We will solicit projects on a yearly basis. The projects will be separately evaluated by the steering committee and voting will be done by secret ballot. We may award two $50,000 grants, four $25,000 grants, or any combination, depending on the quality and scientific vision of the individual proposal. A selective advantage will be given to projects that incorporate and unify two or more areas of research and/or bridge specific Programs within OMRF, and this will be announced at the time the projects are solicited. Specific attention will be given to projects that expand/enhance our goals of integrating Programs in Immunology at OMRF, and projects that further our developing Neuroscience Initiative. Priority must go to new investigators. It would require a very unusual set of extenuating circumstances for the COBRE steering committee to award such grants to anyone above the assistant member level. Projects would be further reviewed by our External Scientific Committee, followed by a request for approval from NCRR. This rigorous selection process will function to insure stringently that only research projects of the very highest scientific caliber are funded by this money. The steering committee will appoint mentors for the pilot projects according to the stratified mentoring process described in this COBRE application. It is critically important that the review committee be made aware that these projects will be awarded only to independent scientists, and will not be used to enhance the laboratories of any of our senior faculty. This would be a clear misuse of these funds, and represents the antithesis of the supportive research culture we are striving to create at OMRF. As we did in our first COBRE award, we objectively evaluate individual outcomes of the funded pilot projects, improving and extending the criteria for measurement during this process. Since the funded Pilot Project scientists will almost certainly be at the beginning of their careers, this process will be simplified. Each new grant application, every paper, meeting presentation and other measurable criteria such as citations of a given publication will be carefully monitored by the mentoring team, as we recognize that we have a great responsibility to make certain that we not only fund the most promising research, but also document for peer review the fact that these funds have been wisely expended. The PI of the COBRE has been reducing his personal research commitment each year and will take the evaluation of research progress resulting from this COBRE award as a personal mentoring responsibility. Each pilot project recipient will be required to report his/her progress six and twelve months after the receipt of funds. Except under very exceptional circumstances, we do not anticipate that anyone will receive these funds more than once. These funds are intended to provide the necessary support to young scientists that will allow them to produce the preliminary data necessary for strong and competitive NIH applications.

该子项目是利用NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为中心，不一定是研究者所在机构。我们将每年征集项目。这些项目将由指导委员会单独评估，并以无记名投票方式进行表决。我们可能会授予两个$50，000赠款，四个$25，000赠款，或任何组合，这取决于个人提案的质量和科学眼光。一个选择性的优势将给予项目，合并和统一两个或两个以上的研究领域和/或桥梁具体程序在OMRF内，这将在项目征集时宣布。特别注意将给予项目，扩大/提高我们的目标，在OMRF免疫学整合计划，并进一步发展我们的神经科学计划的项目。必须优先考虑新的调查人员。COBRE指导委员会将此类赠款授予助理成员级别以上的任何人，需要一套非常不寻常的情有可原的情况。项目将由我们的外部科学委员会进一步审查，然后请求NCRR批准。这种严格的筛选过程将严格确保只有最高科学水平的研究项目才能得到这笔钱的资助。 指导委员会将根据COBRE应用程序中描述的分层指导过程为试点项目任命指导人员。 至关重要的是，审查委员会要意识到，这些项目将只授予独立的科学家，不会被用来加强我们的任何高级教师的实验室。这将是对这些资金的明显滥用，并代表了我们正在努力在OMRF创建的支持性研究文化的对立面。 正如我们在第一个COBRE奖项中所做的那样，我们客观地评估了受资助的试点项目的个别成果，并在此过程中改进和扩展了衡量标准。由于受资助的试点项目科学家几乎肯定是在他们的职业生涯的开始，这一过程将被简化。每一个新的资助申请，每一篇论文，会议演示和其他可衡量的标准，如引用给定的出版物将由指导团队仔细监控，因为我们认识到，我们有很大的责任，以确保我们不仅资助最有前途的研究，但也文件同行评审的事实，这些资金已被明智地花费。COBRE的PI每年都在减少他的个人研究承诺，并将对COBRE奖产生的研究进展进行评估作为个人指导责任。每一个试验项目的接受者将被要求在收到资金后6个月和12个月报告其进展情况。除非在非常特殊的情况下，我们预计任何人都不会收到这些资金超过一次。这些资金旨在为年轻科学家提供必要的支持，使他们能够为强大和有竞争力的NIH申请提供必要的初步数据。