Pilot Project Program

试点项目计划摘要 试点项目计划是环境毒理学卓越中心的关键组成部分 （CEET），旨在资助环境健康研究的新方向。重点放在 资助青年研究者的研究，这些研究将开发新技术或进步， 使其他CEET研究者受益，这些研究可以为多研究者倡议生成试点数据，以及 这些研究将把CEET带向新的方向。试点项目方案建立了一个指导 科学家过渡奖（MSTA）是该中心资助年轻研究人员的主要机制， 职业发展核心，使他们能够获得独立的赠款资金。试点项目方案 还鼓励将种子病人和人口为基础的研究，将使用这些资源的应用程序 综合健康科学设施核心（IHSFC）或翻译生物标志物核心（TBC）。一 试点项目计划的一个独特之处是，当中心调查员 来自合作中心的研究人员将在互补的科学研究方面相互受益。 专业知识，以解决一个重要的环境健康问题。试点项目方案的目标是： (i)支持青年研究人员在环境健康科学的职业发展，通过 指导科学家过渡奖; ㈡吸引已建立的调查人员进入环境卫生科学; ㈢ 开发可能使其他CEET研究人员受益的技术;（iv）资助可能导致 多研究者补助金申请; ㈤促进环境卫生方面的跨学科研究主题 科学;（vi）资助COEC成员确定的基于社区的研究项目;（vii）资助患者和 将利用IHSFC进行的基于人群的暴露研究;以及（viii）资助跨EHS CC试点项目， 在整个中心计划中建立团队。这些目标是通过资助以下四个国家之一的试点项目来实现的： 类别：指导科学家过渡奖;机会奖（任何教员与相关 环境卫生科学问题）;重点奖（下一周期由机构基金共同赞助 支持表观遗传学和儿童环境健康研究）;以及跨EHS CC试点。在过去 我们收到了57份申请，资助了其中的25份，其中15份给了年轻的研究人员， 17-在赠款支持方面的投资回报率翻了一番。我们还资助了两个跨EHS CC试点项目。

Pilot Project Program Abstract The Pilot Project Program is a key component of the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology (CEET) and is aimed at funding new directions in environmental health research. Emphasis is placed on funding studies by Young Investigators, studies that will develop new technologies or advances that may benefit other CEET investigators, studies that can generate pilot-data for multi-investigator initiatives, and studies that will take the CEET in new-directions. The Pilot Project Program has established a Mentored Scientist Transition Award (MSTA) which is the center's primary mechanism for funding Young Investigators in the Career Development Core so that they can gain independent grant funding. The Pilot Project Program also encourages applications that will seed patient and population-based research that will use the resources of the Integrative Health Sciences Facility Core (IHSFC) or the Translational Biomarker Core (TBC). A unique feature of the Pilot Project Program is to fund inter-EHS CC pilot projects when Center investigators and investigators from partnering Centers would benefit from each other in terms of complementary scientific expertise to address an important environmental health question. The aims of the Pilot project program are to: (i) support career development of Young Investigators in environmental health science through the Mentored Scientist Transition Award; (ii) attract established investigators into environmental health science; (iii) develop technologies that may benefit other CEET investigators; (iv) fund collaborative research that may lead to multi-investigator grant applications; (v) stimulate interdisciplinary research themes in environmental health science; (vi) fund community based research projects identified by COEC members; (vii) fund patient and population based exposure research that will utilize the IHSFC; and (viii) fund inter-EHS CC pilot projects to build teams across the Center Program. These aims are accomplished by funding pilot-projects in one of four categories: Mentored Scientist Transition Award; Opportunity Award (any faculty member with a relevant environmental health science question); Focused Awards (co-sponsored in the next cycle by institutional funds to support epigenetics and children's environmental health research); and inter-EHS CC pilots. In the last funding cycle we received 57 applications, funded 25 of which 15 went to Young Investigators which resulted in 17-fold return on investment in terms of grant support. We also funded two inter-EHS CC pilot projects.