Pilot and Feasibility Project Program

COHR试点和可行性项目计划的主要目标是提供以下内容并确定优先顺序 通过具有竞争力的计划为具有科学价值的新项目和创新项目提供定期资助 公开征集、同行评审和三个类别的资金：早期职业、新方向和小说 方法与技术。该方案的最终目标是提供充足的资源和培训 试点调查人员开发足够的初步数据，以准备竞争性的校外赠款申请 这将直接利用一个或多个COHR核心。该计划将有三个部分的重点， 使命：1)在没有事先获得外部资助的情况下吸引初级教员参与口腔健康相关研究；2)使 成立COHR调查人员来探索一个与他们的 目前资助的工作，以及3)吸引其他生物医学研究领域的知名研究人员申请 他们的专业知识与口腔健康相关的问题。申请申请(RFA)每年征集一次 比预期的颁奖日期提前四个月。资金将分两个阶段发放 申请流程，将包括所有申请的预先建议，以及 经过竞争挑选的计划书前申请者。申请将使用NIH量表和 根据四个标准确定优先顺序：1)研究质量(科学价值、创新和影响)；2) 与中心的使命和一个或多个COHR核心直接参与研究有关 计划；3)领导研究努力争取外部资金的研究团队的资格， 以及4)促进与COHR成员的合作努力。我们计划资助四个新的和/或续建的 平均每年的项目。符合条件的调查人员将获得一到两年的支持，以及 探索调查员发起的与联合国人权事务高级专员办事处任务有关的项目所需的资源。因此，它是 设想试点和可行性项目计划将使调查人员能够形成跨学科、 互动和可持续的研究，将影响口腔健康。

The principal objective of the COHR Pilot and Feasibility Project Program is to provide and prioritize short term funding for scientifically meritorious, new and innovative projects through a competitive program with open solicitation, peer review, and funding in three categories: Early Career, New Direction, and Novel Methods & Technology. The ultimate goal of the program is to provide adequate resources and training for pilot investigators to develop sufficient preliminary data to prepare a competitive extramural grant application that will directly utilize one or more of the COHR cores. The program will have a three part focus with a mission to: 1) attract junior faculty without prior extramural funding to oral health-related research; 2) enable established COHR investigators to explore an area that represents a significant departure from their currently funded work, and 3) entice established investigators in other areas of biomedical research to apply their expertise to an oral health-related problem. Request for applications (RFA) will be solicited annually four months in advance of the anticipated award date. Funds will be awarded through a two-phase application process which will include a pre-proposal for all applications, and a full application for competitively selected pre-proposal applicants. Applications will be scored using the NIH scale and prioritized according to four criteria: 1) quality of the research (scientific merit, innovation, and impact); 2) relevance to the mission of the Center and direct involvement of one or more COHR Cores in the research plan; 3) qualifications of the research team to lead the research effort toward securing extramural funding, and 4) stimulation of collaborative efforts with COHR members. We plan to fund four new and/or continuation projects per year on average. Eligible investigators will receive one to two years of support along with the resources necessary to explore investigator-inititated projects related to the mission of the COHR. Thus, it is envisioned that the Pilot and Feasibility Project Program will enable investigators to form interdisciplinary, interactive and sustainable research studies that will impact oral health.