# Pilot Projects Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION · 2024 · $347,576

## Abstract

ABSTRACT PILOT PROJECTS PROGRAM
Both Phases I and II of this Developmental Biology COBRE included Pilot Project components. The primary
focus of the Pilot Project component was to support early-stage investigators in establishing new projects that
could attract future R01-level funding and that would enhance Developmental Biology capacity in Oklahoma.
The Phase I and II Pilot Programs were successful in helping investigators launch Developmental Biology
research projects that were ultimately funded by larger research grants. In Phase III, the Pilot Program will
continue and will be expanded. Investigators at all career stages will be eligible to receive these funds to
establish new research programs that will add to the Developmental Biology infrastructure established in
Phases I and II. The Aims of the Phase III Pilot Project Program are listed below.
Aim 1. Solicit, review, and select Pilot Project proposals. We describe protocols for the solicitation of Pilot
Project proposals from investigators who are wishing to initiate new Developmental Biology research projects.
We present eligibility considerations, steps of the review process, and criteria for selection to be awarded a
Pilot Project grant.
Aim 2. Evaluate progress of Pilot Projects. We present strategies by which mentoring faculty, a Steering
Committee, and the External Advisory Committee will work together to monitor the progress of the Pilot
Projects.
Aim 3. Provide Pilot Projects with research resources. The Pilot Project Program will provide funds for
conducting Pilot Projects and will also subsidize access to research cores that will offer advanced imaging and
bioinformatics opportunities to Pilot Project Investigators.
Aim 4. Provide Pilot Project Investigators with mentoring and research feedback. We present plans to
provide mentoring to Pilot Project awardees who are in the early stages of their careers in multiple aspects of
career development, including rigorous, ethical, and reproducible research, grantsmanship, personnel and
fiscal management, and the presentation of results. In addition, for both early-stage and established Pilot
Project Leads, we will provide a platform for science-based feedback on Pilot Project research programs.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10873729
- **Project number:** 5P30GM149376-02
- **Recipient organization:** OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
- **Principal Investigator:** DEAN S DAWSON
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $347,576
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2023-07-01 → 2028-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10873729

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10873729, Pilot Projects Program (5P30GM149376-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10873729. Licensed CC0.

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