# Pilot/Exploratory Studies Core (PESC)

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 2020 · $226,548

## Abstract

PESC Summary/Abstract
The goal of the Pilot/Exploratory Studies Core (PESC) of the Pittsburgh OAIC is to promote and fund
innovative multidisciplinary pilot research in the topic areas of mobility, balance and aging and their interfaces.
A new particular focus is to help spur collaboration and integration between basic and clinical approaches to
the Pepper Center’s scientific emphasis.
The Specific Aims of the PESC are to:
1. Promote innovative multidisciplinary research on mobility, balance and aging.
2. Act as a bridge to foster interactions between the basic geroscience, clinical and community-based research
enterprises.
3. Encourage supplements to leverage ongoing basic, translational, clinical and community-based studies.
4. Promote innovative techniques and methods for research on mobility, balance and aging.
5. Partner with other University of Pittsburgh groups (e.g. Clinical and Translational Science Institute and
 Aging Institute) that also offer pilot study awards to increase overall funding for individual pilot projects.
6. Promote, evaluate, and select for funding Pilot projects ($40,000 per year), Small REC pilots (up to $10,000),
 and Developmental projects ($35,000-$70,000 per year).
7. Conduct post-award processes (e.g., monitor adherence to ethics, safety, privacy, tracking of subsequent
 productivity and other related matters) for Standard, Small REC pilot projects, and Developmental projects.
In year one of the renewal, we propose to fund four standard Pilot research projects and one small REC Pilot
demonstrating the Pittsburgh OAIC’s growth areas (fostering basis/translational/clinical interactions and
multidisciplinary approaches to mobility, balance and aging research).

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10024557
- **Project number:** 2P30AG024827-16
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
- **Principal Investigator:** Daniel E. Forman
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $226,548
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2004-09-30 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10024557

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10024557, Pilot/Exploratory Studies Core (PESC) (2P30AG024827-16). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10024557. Licensed CC0.

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