Pilot Project Program

试点方案 摘要 试点项目计划可以说是哈佛陈-NIEHS中心的“心脏”。它鼓励 创新和创造力，并为优秀的新研究人员提供进入环境的途径 健康研究。它为研究人员开发可用于以下方面的初步数据提供了关键支持： 研究项目，导致手稿和更大的赠款奖励。它强调创新和创造性 这种方法已经导致了许多职业发展和研究项目赠款从美国国立卫生研究院和 其他资金来源。 每年两次向哈佛学术界广泛征求试点项目的申请。 每个申请都由三名专家（至少两名中心外的专家）审查科学价值。最 声音应用程序然后被编程地分级。所有申请人都被告知资助决定， 6周内反馈。另外，需要少量资金用于特定实验室的研究人员 分析可以申请贷款准入基金（小型试点），并在两天内进行审查和做出决定。 该中心试点计划已成功地吸引了来自各个领域的申请， 哈佛朗伍德医学区和哈佛学术界的部门和学科。在 在哈佛陈-NIEHS中心的最后五年里，52个试点补助金奖励导致了46个同行评审 出版物和14个新的NIEHS资助奖。 试点项目计划是一项高度杠杆化的投资，促进了我们中心的发展。 研究范围和培养年轻的研究人员的职业生涯。它还提供了与当地人合作的机会。 社区研究项目。试点项目基金已被证明是一个非常富有成效的，高收益 投资，导致我们中心的研究进入重要的新的研究领域。

PILOT PROGRAM ABSTRACT The Pilot Project Program is arguably the ‘heart’ of the Harvard Chan-NIEHS Center. It encourages innovation and creativity, and provides a pathway for outstanding new investigators to enter environmental health research. It provides critical support for investigators to develop preliminary data that can be used for research projects that result in manuscripts and larger grant awards. Its emphasis on innovative and creative approaches has resulted in numerous career development and research project grants from both NIH and other funding sources. Pilot Project applications are solicited broadly from the Harvard academic community twice a year. Each application is reviewed for scientific merit by three experts (at least two outside the Center). The most sound applications are then ranked programmatically. All applicants are notified of funding decisions and given feedback within 6 weeks. Separately, investigators who need smaller amounts of funding for specific laboratory analyses may apply for Facility Access Funds (Mini-Pilots) with review and a decision within two days. The Center Pilot Program has been successful in attracting applications from across the spectrum of departments and disciplines in the Harvard Longwood Medical Area and the Harvard academic community. In the last five years of the Harvard Chan-NIEHS Center, 52 pilot grant awards have resulted in 46 peer-reviewed publications and 14 funded new NIEHS grant awards. The Pilot Project program is a highly leveraged investment that facilitates the growth of our Center’s research scope and fosters young investigators’ careers. It also provides the opportunity to work with the local community on research projects. Pilot project funds have proven to be an extremely productive, high yield investment that leads our Center’s research into important new areas of study.