Posts Tagged ‘pilot’

The Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC) is now accepting applications for its Pilot Research Program. The Center seeks to fund two pilot projects that will expand the portfolio of research on programs that improve occupational health, safety, and personal wellness. Proposals may focus on one of these three areas, but the proposed intervention must address all three. The $50,000 award is intended for faculty who are eligible to obtain federal or state research grants. The $25,000 award … Read More

The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is now accepting applications for Pilot Project funding. The purpose of these $50,000 awards is to cultivate outstanding translational cancer research by assisting in the generation of preliminary data leading to peer-reviewed, national funding. This mechanism is intended to support clinical, basic, or population-based research that is cancer focused. Scientific excellence will be the key review element for all applications. Interdisciplinary research, in which investigators from disparate scientific areas collaborate to … Read More

OHSU’s Methamphetamine Abuse Research Center (MARC) seeks applications for pilot project research grants. These grants, of up to $30,000, are designed to bring new research directions, approaches, and investigators into the center. Projects are also intended to generate preliminary data for future R-type grant applications. All OHSU and VA faculty interested in methamphetamine research are encouraged to submit proposals. Postdoctoral trainees are not eligible for this award. The MARC will evaluate proposals on their scientific … Read More

The Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) is soliciting proposals for its annual pilot research program. The award encourages activities related to the use of nonhuman primates for biomedical research or for studies enhancing the welfare or husbandry of nonhuman primates. Pilot research should be developmental or high‐risk and should be used to generate preliminary data in support of applications for further project support, such as NIH, other federal, or foundation grants. Pilot grant applicants … Read More

OHSU’s Methamphetamine Abuse Research Center (MARC) has selected the three projects to be supported by this years annual pilot awards. This year’s projects and awardees: “Muscarinic influence on methamphetamine discrimination” Matthew Ford, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Neuroscience “Medial prefrontal cortex and extinction of psychostimulant self-administration” Matt Lattal, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral Neuroscience “Stress neuropeptide pathways of methamphetamine-induced behavioral adaptation” Andrey Ryabinin, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Behavioral Neuroscience Each year the MARC, a NIDA-funded … Read More

This article was originally posted on the School of Medicine Research Voice by Rachel Shafer. It has been re-posted in its entirety with permission. On July 1, three state-of-the-art FEI electron microscopes arrived on campus, augmenting the instrumentation available to researchers via the OHSU Electron Microscopy (EM) Core Facility and marking a milestone for the OHSU/FEI Living Lab for Cell Biology. Announced last September, the three highly advanced microscopes are a key part of the … Read More

The Portland Alcohol Research Center (PARC) expects to fund up to three pilot research projects in 2013 of up to $30,000 each. PARC is especially interested in encouraging investigators new to alcohol research to submit applications. Proposals will be funded based on scientific merit, relevance to center goals, and the likelihood that findings will lead to submission of an R-type grant application. Pilot proposals that focus on the neuroadaptation to ethanol exposure and those with … Read More

The Oregon Healthy WorkForce Center is seeking applications for pilot projects that will that improve occupational health, safety, and personal wellness. Proposals may focus or be powered on one of these three areas, but the proposed intervention must address all three. The center plans to fund one award up to $100,000 total that can be spread out over a two-year period. To be eligible, the PI must have an appointment at an Oregon state institution … Read More

Don’t forget to send in your letters of intent for the following pilot funding opportunities from Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) and the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC). Deadlines vary – See below or follow the links to the full requests for proposals for more information. Pilot Project Funding for Catalyzing Translational Research Letters of intent due: March 26, 2012 – Up to $100,000 Seeks collaborative, multidisciplinary projects that will lead to … Read More

The new Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition and Wellness has released its first request for proposals, with letters of intent due January 25, 2011. The institute’s steering committee seeks proposals that address one or more of the following: Education through professional training and community outreach. Research through patient-oriented clinical, basic and translational science. Clinical care through the development of new preventive measures and treatments. Public policy advocacy to promote improved nutritional health in … Read More