P&F Program

华盛顿大学糖尿病研究中心的试点和可行性（P&F）计划 促进针对基础生物医学，临床，行为， 和糖尿病及其并发症的转化方面。该方案的具体目标是：（1） 为尚未进行独立同行评审的有前途的初级教师提供初步研究支持 （2）为进入糖尿病研究领域的现有教师提供试点资金， （3）支持由已建立的糖尿病研究者提出的高影响/高风险的试点项目 项目或糖尿病相关研究的新方向;（4）为代表性不足的人提供试点资金 少数民族和支持试点项目，重点是糖尿病和相关疾病， 少数民族;和（5）通过提供博士后和 研究生奖学金P&F计划每年将从该中心的NIDDK直接资金中拨款25万美元（a 最低25%）的P&F研究项目。此外，大学提供的资金用于支持 新的调查员研究，博士后研究员和研究生的培训，以及初级服务赠款 调查人员使用该中心的资源。应用程序由外部和内部审查人员进行同行审查 和该中心的执行委员会，与奖项是根据科学的价值和资格， 申请人，包括后续外部同行评审资助的可能性。在过去十年中 (two资助周期），NIDDK资助华盛顿大学糖尿病研究中心 26个P&F奖项。大多数获奖者是初级教师，其中四人是代表性不足的少数民族， 11女在过去十年资助的26名P&F研究人员中，有25名仍然活跃在与以下方面有关的研究中： 糖尿病、肥胖及相关疾病（96%成功）。因此，P&F计划仍然是一个高度 糖尿病研究中心的成功组成部分，利用NIDDK和 华盛顿大学支持糖尿病、肥胖症及相关领域的创新研究 疾病，并以这种方式也促进了初级调查员的职业发展。

The Pilot and Feasibility (P&F) Program of the Diabetes Research Center at the University of Washington promotes the development of new and innovative research directed at basic biomedical, clinical, behavioral and translational aspects of diabetes and its complications. The specific objectives of the Program are to: (1) Provide initial research support for promising junior faculty who have not yet had independent peer-reviewed NIH funding; (2) Provide pilot funding for established faculty entering the field of diabetes research for the first time; (3) Support pilot projects by established diabetes investigators proposing to pursue high impact/high risk projects or a novel direction in their diabetes related research; (4) Provide pilot funding to underrepresented minorities and support pilot projects that focus on diabetes and related disorders in underrepresented minorities; and (5) Foster mentored training in research related to diabetes by offering postdoctoral and graduate fellowships. The P&F Program will award annually $250,000 of the Center’s NIDDK direct funds (a minimum of 25%) for P&F research projects. In addition, funds provided by the University are used to support new investigator research, training of postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, and service grants for junior investigators to use the Center’s resources. Applications are peer-reviewed by external and internal reviewers and the Center’s Executive Committee, with awards being made based on scientific merit and qualifications of the applicant, including the potential for subsequent external peer-reviewed funding. During the last decade (two funding cycles), NIDDK funds to the Diabetes Research Center at the University of Washington supported 26 P&F awards. The majority of awardees were junior faculty, with four being underrepresented minorities and 11 females. Of the 26 P&F investigators funded over the last ten years, 25 remain active in research related to diabetes, obesity and related disorders (96% success). Thus, the P&F Program continues to be a highly successful component of the Diabetes Research Center that utilizes funds provided by NIDDK and the University of Washington to support new and innovative research in the area of diabetes, obesity and related disorders, and in this manner also fosters the career development of junior investigators.