Pilot Grants Program

实验传染病研究中心的两个交叉主题研究领域 (CEIDR)已成为媒介传播传染病和免疫致病的传染病。我们 预计将雇用5-7名额外的教员，包括路易斯安那州立大学学院之间的联合任命 兽医(LSU-支持向量机)和杜兰国家灵长类研究中心(TNPRC)在 接下来的五年。为了促进实现NIH资助的调查人员数量达到临界值这一主要目标， 第三阶段的Cobre申请包括一个具有双重目的的研究试点项目计划。首先， 它将为初级调查人员提供资金，他们将在以下指导下进行初步研究工作 与Cobre第一和第二阶段一样，两名CEIDR高级调查员。这些试点项目将受到监测 并由内部科学咨询委员会(ISAC)、外部咨询委员会(EAC)进行评估 和管理核心(AC)。其次，试点项目方案将提供额外的协作 路易斯安那州立大学与国家核电研究中心“共享”首席研究员之间的研究努力 安排好了。试点研究计划的主要目标是迅速增加ROI的数量 通过对新调查人员的大力指导和财政支持，NIH的资金申请和金额 有很大潜力为NIH提供资金的合作项目。所有试点项目\都优先获得CORE 为每个项目提供强大的研究工具的支持服务，帮助它们在一年内取得成功 分配给每个试点项目。第二年的试点资金只有在ISAC审查后才会考虑， EAC和AC用于取得突出成果的项目，最近关于 每名飞行员的主题，或已收到对NIH提交的申请的审查，该申请的得分在 10%的资金。我们预计将资助两个合作项目，每个项目的资金为75,000美元， 两个试点项目，每年50,000美元。每个试点项目的核心费用将按成本的50%进行补贴。 这一战略将通过引入新的调查员来维持核心设备和服务，预计这些调查员将 继续使用这些设施，因为它们成功地以按服务收费的方式获得了外部资金。

The two overlapping thematic research areas ofthe Centerfor Experimental Infectious Disease Research (CEIDR) have been vector-borne infectious diseases and immunopathogenesis of infectious diseases. We foresee that 5-7 additional faculty will be hired, including joint appointments between the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine (LSU-SVM) and the Tulane National Primate Research Center (TNPRC), during the next five years. To facilitate the main goal of achieving a critical mass of NIH-funded investigators, the Phase III COBRE application includes a Research Pilot Project Program that has a two-fold purpose. Firstly, it will provide funding for junior investigators who will pursue initial research efforts under the mentorship of two senior CEIDR investigators, as with the COBRE phases I and II. These pilot projects will be monitored and evaluated by the Intemal Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC), the Extemal Advisory Committee (EAC) and the Administrative Core (AC). Secondly, the pilot project program will provide for additional collaborative research efforts between LSU and TNPRC-based scientists working in "shared" principal investigator arrangements. The main goal ofthe pilot research program is to rapidly increase the number of ROI applications and amount of NIH funding through strong mentoring of new investigators and financial support of collaborative projects that have high potential for NIH funding. All pilot projects w\\\ receive priority for core support services providing each project with strong research tools to help them succeed within the one year allotted to each pilot project. A second year of pilot funding will only be considered after review by the ISAC, EAC and AC for projects that accomplish outstanding results, as evidenced by recent publications on the subject matter of each pilot, or that have received review of a NIH-submitted application that scores within 10 percentile points of funding. We anticipate the funding of two collaborative projects at $75,000 each and two pilot projects at $50,000 annually. Core charges for each pilot project will be subsidized at 50% of cost. This strategy will sustain core equipment and services by involving new investigators who are expected to continue using these facilities as they succeed in obtaining extramural funding on a fee-for-service basis.