Coordination Center Component

项目摘要-试点研究 提供关键的试点资金，以支持以下领域的初级研究人员进行的最先进的临床相关研究 国家/地区是我们的“使用智能技术评估真实世界中心”的重要服务 绩效(C-STAR)医疗康复资源计划。我们将使用几种方法来达到 我们在全国的目标人群成员(主要是初级康复研究人员和临床医生)： (I)我们的C-STAR网站；(Ii)我们的康复措施数据库--平均吸引约11,000人 每天的点击量正好来自可能是试点资金候选人的个人，以及(Iii)通过专业人士 互动-我们的绩效指标、核心总监和关键人员将在许多活动期间接触潜在的申请者 他们在全国范围内参加相关会议。我们将采取措施，确保我们的外展活动针对的是 通过有针对性地接触历史上的黑人大学，在康复研究中代表不足的人群 以及其他大学的少数民族事务办公室。C-STAR试点资金申请将 这是一个分两个阶段的过程。首先，我们需要一份简单的意向书(LOI)，其中包括项目标题，一半- 具体目标的页面描述，为调查员和关键人员提供的NIH风格的生物素描，以及一个封面 该页面要求提供信息，使我们能够选择具有适当专业知识的审查小组(即， 工程、结果、临床、实施和社区参与)，基于项目的目标， 受试者群体和研究领域(实验室内、诊所内或现实世界评估，或两个或更多 相交域)。如果意向书被选中，我们将需要一个月后的完整申请，这将包括 一份另外3页的方法摘要、预算和本国机构的支持信。 意向书和完整的申请将通过我们的C-STAR门户网站提交，并通过Nitro- 竞赛软件，由西北大学临床与翻译科学研究所开发。 申请将由中心核心主任和相关关键人员客观评估；Leora Cherney， 飞行员研究主任博士将召集审查小组并监督审查过程。我们预计会有一场广泛的 在研究类型、研究中的患者群体和技术方面，资助的各种研究 受雇的。我们将每年征集两次申请，每年奖励6个试点项目，每个项目都是直接 成本高达25,000美元。此外，将提供全额机构间接费用，以确保使用试点资金 用于研究。所有申请者将收到来自C-Star教师对他们的项目和指导的广泛反馈 如所希望或需要的。获得资助的申请者可以选择是否在家中进行研究 机构或在SRALab。申请者将有权访问我们的四个核心：工程、临床、结果和 实施科学与社区参与。我们将优先考虑(I)支持初级研究人员的项目 有了耐人寻味的想法，特别是那些来自代表人数不足的群体的想法，(2)有潜力推动 康复研究和患者受益，以及(Iii)将带来外部资金和职业发展。

Project Summary—Pilot Studies Providing critical pilot funding to support state-of-the-art, clinically relevant studies by junior researchers across the country is an essential service of our “Center for use of Smart Technologies to Assess Real-world Performance (C-STAR) Medical Rehabilitation Resource program. We will use several methods to reach members of our target populations (primarily junior rehabilitation researchers and clinicians) across the country: (i) our C-STAR website, (ii) our Rehabilitation Measures Database—which attracts an average of about 11,000 daily hits from precisely the individuals who may be candidates for pilot funding, and (iii) through professional interactions—our PIs, Core Directors and key personnel will reach out to potential applicants during the many relevant meetings they attend nationwide. We will take steps to ensure that our outreach targets individuals from underrepresented populations in rehabilitation research through targeted outreach to historically black colleges and universities and to offices of minority affairs at other universities. Application for C-STAR pilot funding will be a two-stage process. First, we will require a simple Letter of Intent (LOI) that includes the project title, a half- page description of the specific aims, an NIH-style biosketch for the investigator and key personnel, and a cover page that asks for information that will allow us to select a review panel with appropriate expertise (i.e., engineering, outcomes, clinical, implementation and community engagement), based on the goals of the project, subject population, and domain of the research (in-lab, in-clinic, or real-world assessments, or two or more intersecting domains). If the LOI is selected, we will require a full application, one month later, that will consist of an additional 3-page summary of the approach, a budget, and a letter of support from the home institution. The LOI and full application will be submitted through our C-STAR portal and managed through NITRO- competitions software, developed by Northwestern University Clinical and Translation Sciences Institute. Applications will be objectively evaluated by Center Core Directors and relevant key personnel; Leora Cherney, PhD, Pilot Studies Director, will convene the review panel and oversee the review process. We anticipate a wide variety of funded studies, in terms of the study type, patient population under study, and the technologies employed. We will solicit applications twice a year and award 6 pilot projects per year, each with a total direct cost of up to $25,000. In addition, full institutional indirect costs will be provided to ensure pilot funding is used for research. All applicants will receive extensive feedback on their projects and mentorship from C-STAR faculty as desired or needed. Applicants who are funded may choose whether to conduct their research at their home institution or at SRAlab. Applicants will have access to our four cores: Engineering, Clinical, Outcomes, and Implementation Science & Community Engagement. We will prioritize projects that (i) support junior researchers with intriguing ideas, in particular, those from underrepresented groups, (ii) have the potential to advance rehabilitation research and benefit patients, and (iii) will lead to extramural funding and career advancement.