# Pilot and Feasibility Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · 2021 · $461,658

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY – PILOT & FEASIBILITY PROGRAM
The Pilot & Feasibility Program (P&F) of the DRTC has funded 150 grants since its inception in 1977.
This past cycle the P&F program funded 23 applications, including 13 applications from investigators
located outside the University of Chicago. Thus, the P&F Program both assists investigators in
diabetes-related studies but perhaps as importantly acts as a catalyst to bring together researchers
from throughout the Chicago area. The overall goal of the P&F Program is to provide initial support to
newly established investigators and also to bring the expertise of more established investigators from
other fields into diabetes research. Proposals are sought each year from within the University of
Chicago as well as other Chicago based institutions with diabetes research programs. All proposals are
evaluated by an internal and external reviewer as well as by a member of the P&F Steering Committee.
Priority scores and written reviews are then presented to the entire Steering Committee and funding
decisions are made. A second year funding is possible for those investigators who have made
significant documented progress on their proposed research. All P&F grant recipients are required to
attend and strongly encouraged to present their findings at the Annual Chicago Diabetes Day held at
the University of Chicago or Diabetes & Obesity Research Day at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The vast majority of P&F grants recipients have remained in diabetes research, and many have
received subsequent external funding from the NIH (Table E). The P&F program is an integral part of
promoting diabetes research throughout the greater Chicago area and has also greatly enhanced the
visibility of the DRTC program at participating institutions.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10130512
- **Project number:** 5P30DK020595-44
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** RONALD N COHEN
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $461,658
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1996-12-01 → 2023-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10130512

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10130512, Pilot and Feasibility Program (5P30DK020595-44). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10130512. Licensed CC0.

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