Pilot Projects Program

项目总结--试点项目方案。对于实现MCCTR的目的至关重要 扩大密西西比州临床、转化和社区研究的能力是其试点项目计划 (PPP)。PPP支持临床、转化和人口研究项目，这些项目将成为 竞争性的外部资金申请。在第一阶段，授予早期支持的主要考虑因素 阶段调查包括(1)吸引外部资金的可能性，(2)通往 申请人的独立研究生涯，以及(3)研究计划将导致 改善对肥胖或肥胖相关疾病的管理。其他考虑因素包括支持 族裔和性别多样性，促进多学科和多机构研究项目，以及公平 在儿童权利公约伙伴机构之间分配资源。在第二阶段，购买力平价倡议的广度 将通过几种方式进行扩展。首先，我们试点项目奖励的重点将扩大到包括卫生 肥胖、糖尿病、心血管和肾脏疾病、癌症、传染病和 产妇保健，所有这些都在#年的农村和经济困难地区不成比例地普遍存在 我们的州。二、符合公开征集条件的高等学校数量 申请范围将扩大到包括Tougaloo学院、南密西西比大学、 密西西比医学中心，以及我们的新成员密西西比州立大学和密西西比大学 在牛津。第三，一项新的资助计划，提供高达5000美元的种子资金，以支持多机构 协作和初步数据收集，以制定后续的公私伙伴关系提案和 将在其他地方推出。公私合作伙伴关系将每年两次征集资金申请，以支持 研究人员发起的对密西西比州优先卫生领域的临床和翻译研究，包括 社区参与的研究解决密西西比州的健康差距和获得护理的问题，与 预计每年最多为七个试点项目提供资金。将征集种子赠款计划的申请 通过加快申请和审查程序，每年四次。对于所有计划，研究解决 将优先考虑健康差距和医疗服务不足的人口，重点是实施。 公私合作伙伴关系及其相关方案将导致支持多机构和多学科协作 在来自不同学术和文化背景的强大调查人员中进行研究。总体而言，这种方法 将导致一个基础广泛的、全州范围的研究平台，有能力改善健康结果和 解决密西西比州各地的健康差距问题。

PROJECT SUMMARY- PILOT PROJECTS PROGRAM. Central to realizing the MCCTR's purpose of expanding Mississippi's capacity for clinical, translational, and community research is its Pilot Projects Program (PPP). The PPP supports clinical, translational, and population research projects that will become the basis for competitive extramural funding applications. During Phase I, key considerations in awarding support to early stage investigators included the (1) likelihood of attracting extramural funding, (2) evidence of a path toward an independent research career for the applicant, and (3) probability that the research program would lead to improved management of obesity or obesity-related diseases. Additional considerations included support for ethnic and gender diversity, promoting multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research projects, and equitable distribution of resources across the MCCTR partner institutions. During Phase II, the breadth of PPP's initiatives will be expanded in several ways. First, the focus of our pilot project awards will be expanded to include health conditions such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular and renal disease, cancer, infectious diseases, and maternal health, all of which are disproportionally prevalent in rural and economically disadvantaged areas of our state. Second, the number of institutions of higher learning eligible to participate in open solicitation for applications will be expanded to include Tougaloo College, University of Southern Mississippi, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and our new members, Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi in Oxford. Third, a new funding program that provides up to $5,000 in seed money to support multi-institutional collaboration and preliminary data collection for development of a subsequent proposal to the PPP and elsewhere will be introduced. The PPP will solicit applications for funding two times per year to support investigator-initiated clinical and translational research of priority health areas within Mississippi, including community-engaged research addressing Mississippi's health disparities and access-to-care issues, with the expectation of funding up to seven pilot projects per year. Applications for the seed grant program will be solicited four times per year through an expedited application and review process. For all programs, studies addressing health disparities and medically underserved populations with an emphasis on implementation will be prioritized. The PPP and its related programs will lead to support for multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary collaborative research among strong investigators from diverse academic and cultural backgrounds. Overall, this approach will lead to a broad-based, state-wide research platform that has the capacity to improve health outcomes and address health disparities across Mississippi.