Pilot Feasibility Core

在最初的九年支持中，彭宁顿COBRE做出了重大努力， 通过招募和指导来加强路易斯安那州代谢疾病的研究基地 初级教师谁将成为下一代的科学家，以权力的发现过程。 这一目标是通过一个持续和高度一体化的辅导计划来推进的， 在我们年轻人获得重要的新的独立资助和学术晋升方面， investigators.为了继续加强第一和第二阶段发展的研究基础，我们 将在第三阶段实施试点和可行性资助计划，以支持创新研究 在肥胖症、糖尿病和代谢性疾病领域。该计划的目标是提供 为优秀项目提供发展支持，进一步扩大校外教育 资助中心科学家。为了实现这一目标，COBRE第三阶段将支持 有价值的试点和可行性项目，与中心的科学主题一致 目标，并集中在以下一个或多个类别：1）从初级的建议 没有校外资金的教师，2）旨在测试的初级和高级教师的建议 这是一个创新的假设，这是一个明显偏离目前资助的研究， 实验室，3）研究团队的合作建议，利用不同的 不同团队成员的优势，以及4）具有转化潜力的提案， 调查人员或团队。

During its initial nine years of support, the Pennington COBRE has led a significant effort to enhance the research base in metabolic diseases in Louisiana by recruiting and mentoring junior faculty who will become the next generation of scientists to power the discovery process. This goal was advanced through a sustained and highly integrated mentoring plan that resulted in attainment of significant new independent funding by and academic promotion of our junior investigators. To continue enhancement of the research base developed in Phases I and II, we will implement a Pilot and Feasibility grant program in Phase III to support innovative research in the areas of obesity, diabetes, and metabolic diseases. The goal of this program is to provide developmental support for meritorious projects that lead to further expansion of extramural funding of Center scientists. To accomplish this objective, the Phase III COBRE will support meritorious Pilot and Feasibility projects that are thematically aligned with the Center's scientific objectives and are focused on one or more of the following categories: 1) proposals from junior faculty without extramural funding, 2) proposals from junior and senior faculty aimed at testing an innovative hypothesis that is a clear departure from currently funded research in their laboratories, 3) collaborative proposals from research teams that take advantage of diverse strengths of different team members, and 4) proposals that have translational potential from individuals or teams of investigators.