# P and F Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · 2024 · $427,725

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY – PILOT & FEASIBILITY PROGRAM
The Pilot & Feasibility Program (P&F) of the Chicago DRTC has funded more than 175 grants to more than 165
investigators since its inception in 1977. In the past 10 year reporting period, 46 applications were funded,
including 27 from investigators located at affiliated institutions outside the University of Chicago. 34 of these 46
recipients (75%) received extramural funding as a result of P&F awards in the last 10 years, including 20 R01
awards, with a return on investment of nearly 10-fold. Thus, the P&F Program both assists investigators
throughout the Chicago area in diabetes-related studies and also serves as a catalyst for obtaining new,
independent funding from NIH and other extramural sources. The overall goal of the P&F Program is to provide
initial support to newly established investigators and to bring the expertise of more established investigators from
other fields into diabetes research. Proposals are sought each year from all Chicago-based institutions with
diabetes research programs. All proposals are evaluated by an internal and two external reviewers. Priority
scores and written reviews are then presented to the Steering Committee and funding decisions are made. A
second year of 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. The Aims of the P&F Program are:
 1. To fund P&F studies encompassing basic, translational, and clinical research into the causes of diabetes
 and its complications as well as potential new directions for the treatment of diabetes.
 2. To support new investigators, established investigators new to the field of diabetes research or
 established diabetes researchers who wish to start a novel direction for their research.
 3. To solicit P&F applications from researchers throughout the Chicagoland area, including the University
 of Chicago, Northwestern University, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology,
 Loyola University, Rosalind Franklin University and the Medical College of Wisconsin. Collaborative
 projects involving researchers at more than one University are specifically encouraged.
The P&F program remains an integral part of promoting diabetes research throughout the greater Chicago area
and has greatly enhanced the visibility of the DRTC program at participating institutions.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10824432
- **Project number:** 5P30DK020595-47
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** RONALD N COHEN
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $427,725
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1996-12-01 → 2028-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10824432

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10824432, P and F Program (5P30DK020595-47). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10824432. Licensed CC0.

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