# Pilot Projects Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL · 2020 · $160,999

## Abstract

Pilot Projects Program 
R&R Other Project Info 
7. Project Summary/Abstract 
The specific aims for the Pilot Projects Program are 1) to provide support for proof-of-concept and feasibility 
studies in the translation of discoveries for improving and repairing skeletal, cartilage and joint health, 2) to 
mentor early stage basic science investigators in the field of skeletal health and repair for their development 
and attainment of independent status using their ability to obtain significant extramural funding (NIH RO1 or 
equivalent) as an outcome measure, and 3) to mentor early stage clinician-scientists in orthopaedics and 
rheumatology and related fields for developing an academic career through collaborations with basic science 
investigators using their ability to obtain extramural funding as a Co-Investigator and Principal Investigator as 
an outcome measure. The significance of the proposed pilot projects program is its alignment with this 
University-based strategic plan providing focus and an aggregation of resources that will accelerate 
discoveries and translations. We will accomplish these aims with an innovative approach of fostering 
collaborative teams of scientists and clinicians with the specific focus on translational strategies for discoveries 
aimed at improving and repairing skeletal, cartilage and joint health. In addition to supporting and promoting 
feasibility studies in the translation of discoveries for improving and repairing skeletal, cartilage and joint health, 
we will provide mentoring for the both the basic scientists and clinician-scientists. This will be accomplished 
with direct mentoring and with a didactic program. The pilot program itself will be supported by a mentoring 
council that will assist project mentors and coordinate mentoring efforts across the program. Given the high 
success of the Pilot Projects supported under our Phase I & II, we are extremely enthusiastic the Phase III pilot 
projects endpoint on the continuum is the translation of discoveries into real world, marketable therapies or 
diagnostic tools that help patients.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10019395
- **Project number:** 5P30GM122732-04
- **Recipient organization:** RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** Joseph J Crisco
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $160,999
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10019395

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10019395, Pilot Projects Program (5P30GM122732-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10019395. Licensed CC0.

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