Pilot Project Program

摘要/摘要(试点项目计划) 试点项目方案(PPP)通过支持试点项目为M-LEAD中心的使命做出贡献 鼓励创新、创造力和多学科合作，特别是基础科学家之间的合作， 临床研究人员、社区和监管利益相关者。试点方案是一项重要的 吸引新的个人到我们的中心并提供支持以生成初步数据的机制 争取外部资金。试点项目计划的目的是：1)吸引成熟的调查人员 我们中心的新手，可以为有关关系的问题提供新的见解和方法 生活方式环境暴露和疾病之间的关系；2)鼓励创新、创造力和 多学科合作，特别是基础科学家、临床研究人员和社区之间的合作 监管利益相关者；3)促进我们的中心成员快速有效地响应新的和 快速扭亏为盈的研究机会，特别是来自NIEHS的机会；以及4)为 早期调查人员为开发独立研究项目生成初步数据 争取独立的资金。这种方法在我们最初的筹资期间是成功的，这一点就是明证。 支持的初级教员的数量，形成的新合作，科学家的参与 作为试点项目的结果参加中心活动的环境健康研究新手 计划、提交的外部赠款申请的数量、由此产生的出版物数量和职业 进展，所有这些都在进度报告中总结。试点管理工作取得重要进展 上一个周期的项目计划包括与其他P30中心组成一个审查员联盟，以 有助于提高审查的客观性，并避免因审查而产生的利益冲突 其他人在同一家机构。在试点项目的下一个周期，方案将在势头的基础上再接再厉 在头四年通过继续广泛分发申请申请而产生 公共卫生学院和医学院，继续审查联盟和继续 核心设施。我们还将继续在审查委员会中纳入COEC成员的做法。 负责对提案进行排名，以确保他们的意见。总之，这些做法将继续 开创性工作始于试点项目方案的第一个周期。

Summary/Abstract (Pilot Project Program) The Pilot Project Program (PPP) contributes to the mission of the M-LEEaD Center by supporting pilot projects that encourage innovation, creativity, and multidisciplinary collaborations, especially among basic scientists, clinical researchers, and community and regulatory stakeholders. The Pilot Project Program is an important mechanism for attracting new individuals to our center and for providing support to generate preliminary data to compete for external funding. The aims of the Pilot Project Program are to: 1) attract established investigators new to our center who can provide new insights and approaches to questions regarding the relationships between lifestage environmental exposures and disease; 2) encourage innovation, creativity, and multidisciplinary collaborations, especially between basic scientists, clinical researchers, and community and regulatory stakeholders; 3) facilitate our center members’ ability to respond quickly and effectively to new and quick-turnaround research opportunities, especially those from NIEHS; and 4) provide important support for early-stage investigators to generate preliminary data for developing independent research projects and compete for independent funding. This approach was successful in our initial funding period as evidenced by the number of junior faculty supported, the new collaborations that were formed, the participation of scientists new to environmental health research that participated the center activities as a result of the Pilot Project Program, the number of external grant applications submitted, the number of resulting publications, and career advancement, all as summarized in the progress report. Important advances in the administration of the Pilot Project Program during the last cycle include the formation of a reviewer consortium with other P30 centers to help improve objectivity of the reviews as well as avoid conflicts of interest that can result from reviews by others in the same institution. In the next cycle of the Pilot Project Program will build on the momentum generated in the first four years by continuing the wide distribution of the Request for Applications throughout the School of Public Health and the Medicial School, continuing the Reviewer consortium and continuing the Core facilities. We will also continue our practice of including a COEC member on the review committee responsible for ranking of the proposals to assure their input. Together, these practices will continue the groundbreaking work started in the first cycle of the Pilot Project Program.