# Pilot and Feasibility Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · 2021 · $162,371

## Abstract

Abstract (Pilot and Feasibility Program)
The Pilot Feasibility Studies Program, known as the O'Brien Fellows, is designed as an efficient, effective and
exciting framework in which investigators new to the potential of optical microscopy can begin to realize its
transformational potential for their research. We propose a continuation of the O'Brien Fellows Program as the
Pilot Feasibility Studies Program for the Center, replacing the conventional pilot grant program used in the
original application and the last renewal of the Center. Up to 10 O'Brien Fellows will be selected by the
executive committed, consisting of core directors, in each of Years 1-5 of this award. Fellows will stay in
Indianapolis in on-campus furnished apartments or local hotels for up to four weeks. Fellowship funds will help
defray the cost of return travel to Indianapolis, apartment rental/hotel stay, supplies and consumables, animal
procurement and housing and microscope time. Each fellow will be assigned to a liaison who is a senior
investigator associated with the Center. The fellow will be provided with extensive training on the optical
microscope systems needed for their project, and in other related techniques relevant to the proposed project.
The visiting fellow will present their research project to the O'Brien biomedical base for input at the beginning
of their stay.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10169418
- **Project number:** 5P30DK079312-15
- **Recipient organization:** INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS
- **Principal Investigator:** Bruce A Molitoris
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $162,371
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2007-08-03 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10169418

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10169418, Pilot and Feasibility Program (5P30DK079312-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10169418. Licensed CC0.

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