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Pilot Project Applications

COBRE-SPM anticipates awarding three pilot projects for each funding period. The purpose of the award is to provide critical start-up funds to catalyze innovative, groundbreaking research that leads to the submission of successful NIH R01 or equivalent grant applications in the sex-based precision medicine (SPM) area.

 

The COBRE-SPM will support up to three projects:

  1. one basic sciences pilot project (total budget of $50,000 direct costs),

  2. one clinical pilot project (total budget of $75,000 direct costs), and 

  3. one transdisciplinary project (total budget of $75,000 direct costs). This project must focus on convergence research and involve a research team comprising faculty investigators from more than one discipline. NOTE: Transdisciplinary project applications must involve collaboration between faculty investigators from at least two distinct disciplines (e.g., clinical science + engineering or basic science + public health). Please note that transdisciplinary projects are distinct from translational projects, which focus on moving discoveries from basic sciences to clinical applications. 

 

There are no indirect costs associated with this award.​​

Eligibility

The applicants must meet the following requirements:

  1. current faculty appointment at Tulane

  2. propose research in the area of SPM

  3. are early-stage investigators or new investigators (ESI/NI) with no prior NIH  R01 level or equivalent support

    • ESI: completed terminal degree within the past 10 years and never been PI of an NIH independent research award (R01or equivalent)

    • NI: never been PI of NIH independent research award (R01or equivalent)

  4. are established investigators with a new research direction in SPM leading to an R01 application in SPM

  5. co-principal investigators for the transdisciplinary project must be from IDeA states. The collaborators from outside IDeA states may participate on a fee-for-service basis.

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