Pilot and Feasibility Program

NORC试点和可行性（P/F）计划一直是NORC使命的一个组成部分，因为它 成立于1985年，因为它提供了关键的支持，i）有才华和有前途的初级教师， ii）在其他领域有经验的研究人员，希望进入营养、肥胖或代谢研究。的 该计划的首要目标是提供足够的试点资金，使受援国能够产生 所需的数据竞争R 01级资金，从而在我们的领域建立他们的职业生涯，我们将继续 在这一努力中取得了巨大的成功。每个周期都有大量的合格申请人， 华盛顿大学（UW）在研究领域的不同部门，部门和学校 从基础到转化到临床、流行病学和公共卫生。P/F的成功 该计划是突出了大量以前的P/F收件人已经成功地进入 营养和肥胖相关研究的学术生涯，由独立的同行评审赠款支持， 他们中的一些人现在在华盛顿大学和其他机构担任领导职务。具体目标 为： 具体目标1：为有前途的初级研究人员提供获得关键试验数据的机会 他们需要开始自己的职业生涯，并成功地竞争独立的同行评审资金。 具体目标2：提供一个机制，鼓励有才能的初级调查人员从事学术工作 从事营养/肥胖研究。

The NORC Pilot and Feasibility (P/F) program has been an integral part of the NORC mission since its inception in 1985, because it provides critical support for i) talented and promising junior faculty members, and ii) established investigators in other fields wishing to move into nutrition, obesity or metabolic research. The overarching goal of this program is to provide sufficient pilot funding to enable the recipient to generate the data needed compete for R01-level funding and thereby establish their career in our field, and we continue to have outstanding success in this effort. Each cycle is met with a large number of qualified applicants from diverse divisions, departments and schools within the University of Washington (UW) in research areas ranging from basic to translational to clinical, epidemiological and public health. The success of this P/F program is highlighted by the large number of previous P/F recipients that have gone onto successful academic careers in nutrition- and obesity-related research, supported by independent peer-reviewed grants, some of whom are now assuming leadership roles both at the UW and at other institutions. The Specific Aims are: Specific Aim 1: To provide junior investigators of high promise the opportunity to obtain crucial pilot data needed to launch their career and to compete successfully for independent peer-reviewed funding. Specific Aim 2: To provide a mechanism for encouraging talented junior investigators to embark on academic careers in nutrition/obesity research.