Pilot Projects Program

DACCOTA-试点项目计划 摘要：试点项目计划的目标是为高度创新的项目提供种子资金。 满足当地社区需求的项目。实现这一目标的最大障碍是 我们的机构之间的物理距离，这最大限度地减少了必要的熟悉， 兴趣、技能和目标对于成功的合作至关重要。我们的机构也必须 克服文化障碍，导致历史上对研究的洞察力有限， 在其他区域机构进行。我们将通过创新的在线解决这一不足 专业知识和兴趣匹配计划，使我们的机构之间的互动正式化， investigators.我们将召集临床和非临床研究人员团队， 成功合作所需的重要工作关系。此外，我们建议三个 源自匹配数据库的独特类型的试点赠款。第一个将是创新的 为更成熟的临床医生/非临床医生团队提供“准备就绪”试点奖。二是试点 对临床医生/非临床医生的奖励，以响应通过以下方式产生的具体招标： 我们的社区参与和外展核心收集的社区投入。第三先导 该计划是针对那些临床医生/非临床医生团队的可行性奖励， 来自试点项目计划和生物统计学、流行病学和研究的额外投入 设计核心：正式确定研究设计、统计计划和方法需求， 为更大的试点奖做准备。利用多种筹资机制，我们将促进合作 从分子（基因/蛋白质）到群体的转化研究， 催化将发现转化为治疗方法。最重要的是，所有试点奖将 通过每年参与兴趣/专业知识匹配软件， 成功的可能性，并提供一个可搜索的数据库，用于跟踪成绩， 在我们的区域研究工作的变化。

DACCOTA-Pilot Projects Program Summary: The goal of the Pilot Projects Program is to provide seed funding for highly innovative projects addressing the needs of the local communities. The greatest hurdle in meeting this goal is the physical distance between our institutions, which minimizes the necessary familiarity of interests, skills, and goals critical for successful collaborations to proceed. Our institutions must also overcome cultural barriers that have resulted in historically limited insight into the research being conducted at other regional institutions. We will address this deficiency through an innovative online expertise and interest matching program to formalize interactions between our institutions and investigators. We will assemble teams of clinician and non-clinician investigators to promote the critical working relationship needed for a successful collaboration. Moreover, we propose three unique types of pilot grants stemming from the matching database. The first will be an innovative “ready-to-go” pilot award for more mature clinician/non-clinician teams. The second will be pilot awards to clinicians/non-clinicians in response to specific solicitations generated through community input gathered by our Community Engagement and Outreach Core. The third pilot program is a feasibility award directed towards those clinician/non-clinician teams requiring additional input from the Pilot Projects Program and Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design Core to formalize research design, statistical plans, and methodological needs in preparation for a larger pilot award. Using multiple funding mechanisms, we will foster collaborative translational research on topics ranging from molecules (genes/proteins) to populations and catalyze the translation of discoveries to treatments. Most importantly, all pilot awards will be derived from yearly participation in the interest/expertise matching software to improve the probability of success and provide a searchable database for tracking accomplishments and changes within our regional research effort.