Pilot research

试点研究项目核心将：(A)通过在研究项目发展的早期和概念阶段为研究项目提供支持，鼓励与中心使命相关的探索性和发展性研究项目；(B)促进新技术的开发和纳入中心；(C)促进不同科学计划成员之间的合作。拟议的研究应该开辟新的领域，或将先前的发现扩展到新的方向、应用或产品开发。重点将放在利用独特资源和 威斯康星医学院及其伙伴机构内的科学家和临床医生的专业知识，以及那些为拟议项目增加价值或促进工作的人。一个重要的目标是吸引目前没有从事与辐射暴露和治疗相关问题的调查人员将重点放在这一领域。可申请最长两年的试点赠款支持。预算不得超过200,000美元(每年不超过100,000美元)。已经开发了特殊的申请表格。不需要初步数据，但可能会包括在内。首席调查员必须是财团学术机构的任一教员 机构或受雇于非学术合作伙伴公司的合格科学家。合作调查员和合作者不必与PI在同一家机构，也不必受雇于这些机构。一个由8名成员组成的研究资助委员会将每年审查试点拨款申请。评审员将因他们的努力而获得津贴。一半的成员将是外部审查员，与中心无关。该委员会将以美国国立卫生研究院研究小组的方式来评估科学价值 对提案进行评审，分配优先分数，并向执行委员会推荐奖项。将每年征集试点拨款。将使用硬拷贝和电子公告来宣传在学术和非学术伙伴机构内提供试点研究补助金的情况。将要求提交年度进度报告。将对受赠人的生产率和进度进行监测。成功的试验项目将被考虑转化为完整的研究/开发项目，但须经NIAID批准。这一核心的主要目标是将新的研究人员和新的想法带入辐射恐怖主义对策领域。

The Pilot Research Projects Core will: (a) encourage exploratory and developmental research projects relevant to the mission of the Center by providing support for research projects during their early and conceptual stages of development; (b) facilitate the development and incorporation of new technologies into the Center; and (c) foster collaboration between members of the different scientific programs. Proposed studies should break new ground or extend previous discoveries toward new directions, applications or product development. Emphasis will be placed on studies that take advantage of the unique resources and expertise of scientists and clinicians within the Medical College of Wisconsin and its partner institutions, as well as those that add value to or facilitate work within the proposed projects. An important goal is to entice investigators not currently working on issues related to radiation exposure and treatment to focus on this area. Pilot grant support may be requested for up to two years. The budget may not exceed $200,000 (no more than $100,000/yr). Special application forms have been developed. No preliminary data is required but may be included. Principal Investigators must be either a faculty member in one of the consortium academic institutions or a qualified scientist employed by a non-academic partner company. Co-investigators and collaborators do not have to be at the same institution as the PI or be employed by these institutions. An 8-10 member Research Grants Committee will review pilot grant applications on an annual basis. Reviewers will be provided with a stipend for their efforts. Half the members will be external reviewers, not affiliated with the Center. The Committee will act in the manner of an NIH study section to evaluate the scientific merit of proposals, assign priority scores, and recommend awards to the Executive Committee. Pilot grants will be solicited annually. Both hard copy and electronic announcements will be used to publicize the availability of Pilot Research Grants within academic and non-academic partner institutions. Annual progress reports will be required. Grantees will be monitored for productivity and progress. Successful pilot projects will be considered for conversion to full Research/Development Projects, subject to NIAID approval. The major goals of this Core is to bring new investigators and new ideas into the field of radiological terrorism countermeasures.