Pilot and Feasibility Program

试点和可行性计划是奥布莱恩泌尿外科研究中心申请的一个特色 这允许受赞助的机构为具有前景的重要新试点项目提供资金，但将 难以为独立资助的NIH拨款提供足够的初步数据。这是一个至关重要的 这是我们中心的一部分，因为它为平移影响的新型基材提供了管道和试验场。 这些项目计划持续一年，并有可能与 表明取得了足够的进展，并编制了预算，目的是将大部分资金 花在用品上，而不是工资支持上。要符合资格，申请者必须具有当前的学术成就 任何约翰·霍普金斯医疗机构、霍华德大学或马里兰大学的预约。 申请者必须拥有医学博士学位或博士学位，或两者兼有。申请人应提供以下证据： 重要的研究承诺(至少15%的努力承诺)，以确保提案实际上 以有效和富有成效的方式加以解决。将至少有两个开发研究项目 每年的资金部分来自通过奥布莱恩中心机制支持的基金，但更多的是 通过机构成本分担努力，我们承诺每年至少提供200,000美元，以进一步 支持这些项目。

The Pilot and Feasibility Program is a special feature of the O'Brien Urology Research Center application that allows sponsored institutions to fund important new pilot projects with promising potential, but would have difficulty in providing sufficient preliminary data for an independently funded NIH grant. This is a crucial part of our Center as it provides a pipeline and testing ground for novel substrates for translational impact. These projects are intended to last one year with the possibility of a second year of support with the demonstration of sufficient progress and are budgeted with the intention of that the majority of the funds be spent on supplies, rather than salary support. To be eligible, the applicant must have a current academic appointment at any of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Howard University or University of Maryland. Applicants must hold an M.D., or Ph.D. degree or both. The applicants are expected to provide evidence of a significant research commitment (at least 15% effort commitment) to ensure that the proposal can in fact be addressed in an effective and productive way. A minimum of two developmental research projects will be funded annually partially by funds supported through the O'Brien Center mechanism but more substantially through an Institutional cost-sharing effort by which we are committing at least $200,000 per year to further support these projects.