# Pilot and Feasibility

> **NIH NIH P30** · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $369,312

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY: Pilot and Feasibility Program
 The purpose of the Pilot and Feasibility Program (PFP) of the Washington University Diabetes
Research Center (DRC) is to provide, on a modest scale: (1) initial support for new investigators who do not
yet have their own peer-reviewed research support; (2) support for established investigators from other fields
of investigation to apply their expertise to diabetes-related research; and (3) support for established
investigators in diabetes embarking on an entirely new direction of research. An important goal of the PFP is to
allow these investigators to develop preliminary data sufficient to provide the basis for subsequent applications
for independent extramural research support. Following an annual competition, awards of up to $50,000 are
made to independent faculty level investigators with the potential for renewal for a second year contingent on
demonstrated progress. Grant applicants and recipients are mentored by the PFP Director and DRC Co-
Director, Dr. David Piston. A total of $250,000 of the annual DRC budget is committed to the PFP, and this
amount is supplemented with a minimum of $200,000 of direct annual institutional support, with
additional institutional support available for translational projects that include a research imaging
component. PFP funding spanning the last 10 years has predominantly supported early stage investigators
and led to 22 NIH R01 grants, 11 other NIH grants, and 9 foundation grants. During this past funding period,
the PFP supported 65 publications. The PFP is a highly productive component of the DRC with an emphasis
on mentoring and funding young faculty, and attracting established investigators from other fields into diabetes-
related research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10820562
- **Project number:** 5P30DK020579-47
- **Recipient organization:** WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** David W Piston
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $369,312
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1996-12-01 → 2028-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10820562

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10820562, Pilot and Feasibility (5P30DK020579-47). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10820562. Licensed CC0.

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