Pilot Grants Program

实验传染病研究中心的两个重叠的主题研究领域 （CEIDR）一直是媒介传播的传染病和免疫发病机制的传染病。我们 预计将雇用5-7名额外的教师，包括路易斯安那州立大学学院之间的联合任命， 兽医学（LSU-SVM）和杜兰国家灵长类动物研究中心（TNPRC），在 未来五年为了促进实现NIH资助的研究者的临界质量的主要目标， 第三阶段COBRE应用程序包括一个具有双重目的的研究试点项目计划。第一、 它将为初级研究人员提供资金，他们将在以下人员的指导下进行初步研究工作： 两名CEIDR高级调查员，与COBRE第一阶段和第二阶段一样。将对这些试点项目进行监测 并由国际科学咨询委员会（ISAC）、国际咨询委员会（EAC） 行政核心（AC）。其次，试点项目计划将提供额外的合作 路易斯安那州立大学和TNPRC的科学家之间的研究工作，在“共享”首席研究员 安排试点研究计划的主要目标是迅速增加投资回报率的数量 通过对新研究人员的强有力指导和财政支持， 有很大潜力获得NIH资助的合作项目所有试点项目都将得到核心 支持服务为每个项目提供强大的研究工具，帮助他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， 对于取得突出成果的项目，如最近关于 每个试点的主题，或者已经收到NIH提交的申请的审查， 10个百分点的资金。我们预计将资助两个合作项目，每个项目75，000美元， 两个试点项目，每年5万美元。每个试点项目的核心费用将按成本的50%得到补贴。 这一战略将使新的调查员参与进来，以维持核心设备和服务， 继续使用这些设施，因为他们成功地获得校外资助的收费服务的基础上。

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.