Pilot Projects and Trans-Network Activities Core

项目摘要 积极的试点项目方案是新想法的宝贵来源，可以带来新的模式和 技术到一个中心。同样，PDXNet中其他中心之间的互动和活动也将 通过利用其他机构的专业知识和能力来丰富每个中心。试点项目的目标 和跨网络活动的核心是： 1.资助PDTC内的创新试验项目，以开发新技术或探索创新的新技术 与父项目相关的方法。 2.资助跨PDXNet合作项目，以增强每个中心和网络的影响。 3.资助PDTC和非PDXNet调查员在一个新的相关领域的合作项目 为推进中心的目标而努力。 我们已经开发了一种方法，每年征求PDTC内部和非PDXNet试点项目的申请 利用一个由中心关键专业人员组成的结构周到的委员会，对申请进行基础和审查。 审查申请的主要标准将包括创新性、重要性、概念和科学的严谨性、 促进方案和技术合作委员会目标的潜力，以及未来外部资金的潜力。我们还将资助克罗斯- 基于PDXNet指导委员会的建议的PDXNet协作项目。 增加对试点项目核心的大量机构捐款(每年从HCI获得100,000美元 在所有五年内每年从BCM获得150,000美元)将使我们为令人兴奋的新项目提供资金的能力增加两倍以上 在我们的PDTC中进行研究。

Project Summary Active pilot project programs are an invaluable source of new ideas, and can serve to bring novel models and technologies to a Center. Similarly, interactions and activities between other Centers in the PDXNet will also enrich each Center by leveraging expertise and capabilities at other institutions. The goals of the Pilot Projects and Trans-Network Activities Core are: 1. To fund innovative pilot projects within the PDTC to develop new technologies or explore innovative new approaches related to the parent projects. 2. To fund trans-PDXNet collaborative projects to enhance the impact of each Center and of the network. 3. To fund collaborative projects between the PDTC and non-PDXNet investigators in a novel area related to the advancement of the Center’s goals. We have developed an approach to solicit Intra-PDTC and non-PDXNet pilot project applications on an annual basis and review applications using a thoughtfully structured committee comprising key expertise in the Center. Major criteria for review of applications will include innovation, significance, conceptual and scientific rigor, the potential to further the goals of the PDTC, and the potential for future external funding. We will also fund Cross- PDXNet collaborative projects based on recommendations from the PDXNet Steering Committee. Addition of substantial institutional contributions to the pilot projects core ($100,000 annually from HCI and $150,000 annually from BCM for all five years) will more than triple our ability to fund exciting new research in our PDTC.