Pilot and Feasibility Program

摘要 试点和可行性（P&F）补助金计划是一个非常宝贵和有效的机会， 范德比尔特奥布莱恩肾脏病中心提供资金支持肾脏病相关项目。资金 P&F计划始于2002年，是在奥布莱恩中心的上一个资助周期（2002-2007年）期间， 继续通过P30范德比尔特奥布莱恩肾脏中心（2008-2013）。对于此竞争应用程序， 该计划的目标仍然是支持i）新研究人员的小型研究项目， 独立的研究支持; ii）正在转向肾脏相关研究的既定研究人员， 第一次;或iii）在肾脏相关研究中建立的研究人员正在进行一项惊人的新研究， 研究方向申请人必须持有教师任命（讲师或以上）提交P&F建议， 并且必须符合NIH的P&F支持资格指南。在我们以前的供资周期（2002-2013年）中， 范德比尔特奥布莱恩肾脏中心资助了19个申请，从总共53个申请。摘要 下文详述了获得资助的申请。对于这项申请，我们要求资助9项申请， 2017-2022年，所有这些都将符合我们的P&F计划的指导方针，并将广泛利用我们的 提出了生物医学核心。

Abstract The pilot and feasibility (P&F) grant program represents an extremely valuable and effective opportunity for the Vanderbilt O'Brien Kidney Center to provide funds for the support of kidney disease related projects. Funding for the P&F program started in 2002 during a previous funding cycle for the O'Brien centers (2002-2007) and continued through the P30 Vanderbilt O'Brien Kidney Center (2008-2013). For this competitive application, the goal of the program continues to be to support i) small research projects by new investigators with little or no independent research support; ii) established investigators who are turning to kidney-related research for the first time; or iii) established investigators in kidney related research who are undertaking a strikingly new research direction. Applicants must hold a faculty appointment (Instructor or above) to submit a P&F proposal, and must meet the NIH Eligibility Guidelines for P&F support. In our previous funding cycles (2002-2013), the Vanderbilt O'Brien Kidney Center funded 19 applications, from a total of 53 applications. Summaries of the funded applications are detailed below. For this application, we are requesting funding for 9 applications for years 2017-2022, all of which will meet the guidelines of our P&F program and will extensively utilize our proposed biomedical cores.