# Pilot and Feasibility Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · 2024 · $255,842

## Abstract

The NORC Pilot and Feasibility (P/F) program has been an integral part of the NORC mission since its
inception in 1985, because it provides critical support for i) talented and promising junior faculty members, and
ii) established investigators in other fields wishing to move into nutrition, obesity or metabolic research. The
overarching goal of this program is to provide sufficient pilot funding to enable the recipient to generate the
data needed compete for R01-level funding and thereby establish their career in our field, and we continue to
have outstanding success in this effort. Each cycle is met with a large number of qualified applicants from
diverse divisions, departments and schools within the University of Washington (UW) in research areas
ranging from basic to translational to clinical, epidemiological and public health. The success of this P/F
program is highlighted by the large number of previous P/F recipients that have gone onto successful
academic careers in nutrition- and obesity-related research, supported by independent peer-reviewed grants,
some of whom are now assuming leadership roles both at the UW and at other institutions. The Specific Aims
are:
Specific Aim 1: To provide junior investigators of high promise the opportunity to obtain crucial pilot data
needed to launch their career and to compete successfully for independent peer-reviewed funding.
Specific Aim 2: To provide a mechanism for encouraging talented junior investigators to embark on academic
careers in nutrition/obesity research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10877107
- **Project number:** 5P30DK035816-35
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
- **Principal Investigator:** GREGORY J MORTON
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $255,842
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1996-12-01 → 2025-09-12

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10877107

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10877107, Pilot and Feasibility Program (5P30DK035816-35). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10877107. Licensed CC0.

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