Pilot and Feasibility Project Program

COHR试点和可行性项目计划的主要目标是提供并优先考虑短期 通过竞争性计划为科学上有价值的新的和创新的项目提供长期资助， 公开征集，同行评审和三类基金：早期职业，新方向和小说 方法和技术。该计划的最终目标是为以下人员提供充足的资源和培训： 试点研究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。该计划将有一个三部分的重点， 使命：1）吸引初级教师没有事先校外资助口腔健康相关的研究; 2）使 成立COHR调查员探索一个领域，代表了他们的重大偏离， 目前资助的工作，3）吸引生物医学研究的其他领域的既定研究人员申请 他们的专业知识，以口腔健康相关的问题。申请请求（RFA）将每年征求 在预计授标日期前四个月。资金将通过两个阶段发放 申请过程，其中将包括一个预先建议的所有应用程序，并提出完整的申请， 竞争性地选择投标前申请人。申请将使用NIH量表进行评分， 根据四个标准进行优先排序：1）研究质量（科学价值，创新和影响）; 2） 与中心的使命相关，并且一个或多个COHR核心直接参与研究 计划; 3）研究团队的资格，以领导研究工作，争取校外资金， （4）促进与COHR成员的合作。我们计划资助四个新的和/或延续的项目 平均每年的项目。符合条件的研究者将获得沿着的一到两年的支持， 为探讨与人权中心使命有关的由调解人发起的项目提供必要的资源。照经上所 设想试点和可行性项目计划将使调查人员形成跨学科， 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.