Pilot and Feasibility Program

项目总结-试点和可行性计划 自1977年成立以来，DRTC的试点和可行性计划(P&F)已经资助了150笔赠款。 在上一个周期中，P&F计划资助了23项申请，其中包括13项来自调查人员的申请 位于芝加哥大学外。因此，P&F计划既协助调查人员 与糖尿病相关的研究，但可能同样重要的是，它是将研究人员聚集在一起的催化剂 来自整个芝加哥地区。P&F计划的总体目标是为 新成立的调查人员，并从 糖尿病研究的其他领域。每年都会向加州大学内部征求建议书。 芝加哥以及芝加哥的其他机构都有糖尿病研究项目。所有的建议都是 由一名内部和外部审查员以及P&F指导委员会的一名成员评价。 然后将优先分数和书面审查提交给整个指导委员会和资金 已经做出了决定。第二年的资助是可能的，对于那些已经 他们提议的研究取得了重大的书面进展。所有P&F补助金获得者都必须 参加并强烈鼓励在一年一度的芝加哥糖尿病日上公布他们的研究结果，活动地点为 芝加哥大学或伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校的糖尿病与肥胖研究日。 绝大多数P&F赠款获得者仍在从事糖尿病研究，许多人已经 随后从国家卫生研究院获得了外部资金(表E)。P&F计划是 促进了整个大芝加哥地区的糖尿病研究，也极大地促进了 DRTC计划在参与机构的可见度。

PROJECT SUMMARY – PILOT & FEASIBILITY PROGRAM The Pilot & Feasibility Program (P&F) of the DRTC has funded 150 grants since its inception in 1977. This past cycle the P&F program funded 23 applications, including 13 applications from investigators located outside the University of Chicago. Thus, the P&F Program both assists investigators in diabetes-related studies but perhaps as importantly acts as a catalyst to bring together researchers from throughout the Chicago area. The overall goal of the P&F Program is to provide initial support to newly established investigators and also to bring the expertise of more established investigators from other fields into diabetes research. Proposals are sought each year from within the University of Chicago as well as other Chicago based institutions with diabetes research programs. All proposals are evaluated by an internal and external reviewer as well as by a member of the P&F Steering Committee. Priority scores and written reviews are then presented to the entire Steering Committee and funding decisions are made. A second year funding is possible for those investigators who have made significant documented progress on their proposed research. All P&F grant recipients are required to attend and strongly encouraged to present their findings at the Annual Chicago Diabetes Day held at the University of Chicago or Diabetes & Obesity Research Day at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The vast majority of P&F grants recipients have remained in diabetes research, and many have received subsequent external funding from the NIH (Table E). The P&F program is an integral part of promoting diabetes research throughout the greater Chicago area and has also greatly enhanced the visibility of the DRTC program at participating institutions.