Developmental/Pilot Project Program

宾夕法尼亚大学（UPENN）TCORS发展/试点项目将刺激和促进高- 优先创新项目，以应对来自宾夕法尼亚大学TCORS的新出现的科学问题，并使 对整个科学界和监管界的新发展作出快速反应。这个程序 遵循NCI Penn卓越中心试点研究项目的成功运作模式， 传播研究中心（CECCR）和尼古丁成瘾跨学科研究中心（CIRNA）。 这一既定基础设施包括以下机制：征求试点项目;审查和支持试点项目; 评估资助项目和整体计划的成功;并促进新赠款的发展 申请最有前途的试点项目。发展项目还提供机会， 让具有不同学科背景的研究人员参与进来，应用新的研究技术， 与FDA相关的烟草研究领域的合作。尽管我们预计大多数 中心内的试点项目将与中心的主题“烟草产品在复杂环境中的信息传递”有关， 交流环境”，这些机制非常适合在其他相关领域征求项目 FDA监管机构;这对于跨TCORS试点项目尤其重要， 对时间敏感的临时项目机会的反应。开发/试点的具体目标 项目方案为： 1.实施一项计划，征求，审查和促进创新，跨学科的发展 试点项目针对对Penn TCORS和FDA具有重要意义的新兴科学问题。 2.为通过TCORS倡议供资的试点项目提供持续支持，包括 跨学科合作、指导和技术援助，以发展手稿， 演讲，以及随后的“附带”研究提案。 3.协调对时间紧迫的临时机会的快速反应，包括项目构思、审查， 执行和评价。 4.评价这些努力在实现TCORS倡议目标方面取得的成功。

The University of Pennsylvania (UPENN) TCORS Developmental/Pilot Project will stimulate and promote high- priority innovative projects responding to emerging scientific questions from the Penn TCORS and enable a rapid response to new developments in the scientific and regulatory communities at large. This program follows the successful operating model of the pilot research programs in the NCI Penn Center of Excellence in Communication Research (CECCR) and Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction (CIRNA). This established infrastructure includes mechanisms to: solicit pilot projects; review and support pilot projects; evaluate the success of funded projects and the program overall; and foster the development of new grant applications for the most promising pilot projects. The developmental projects also provide opportunities to involve researchers with varied disciplinary backgrounds, apply new research technologies, and foster new collaborations in the area of tobacco research of relevance to the FDA. Although we anticipate that most within-Center pilot projects would relate to the Center's theme of "tobacco product messaging in a complex communication environment", these mechanisms are well suited to solicit projects in other areas of relevance to the FDA's regulatory authority; this may be particulariy important for cross-TCORS pilot projects and responses to opportunities for time-sensitive ad hoc projects. The Specific Aims of the Developmental/Pilot Project Program are: 1. To implement a program that solicits, reviews, and promotes innovative, interdisciplinary developmental pilot projects that target emerging scientific questions of importance to the Penn TCORS and to the FDA. 2. To provide ongoing support for pilot projects funded through the TCORS initiative, including interdisciplinary collaboration, mentorship, and technical assistance in the development of manuscripts, presentations, and subsequent "spin-off' research proposals. 3. To coordinate a rapid response to ad hoc time-sensitive opportunities, including project conception, vetting, implementation, and evaluation. 4. To evaluate the success of these efforts in addressing the goals of the TCORS initiative.