# Pilot Projects and Trans-Network Activities Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · 2024 · $139,770

## Abstract

Project Summary
Active pilot project programs are an invaluable source of new ideas, and can serve to bring novel models and
technologies to a Center. Similarly, interactions and activities between other Centers in the PDXNet will also
enrich each Center by leveraging expertise and capabilities at other institutions. The goals of the Pilot Projects
and Trans-Network Activities Core are:
 1. To fund innovative pilot projects within the PDTC to develop new technologies or explore innovative new
 approaches related to the parent projects.
 2. To fund trans-PDXNet collaborative projects to enhance the impact of each Center and of the network.
 3. To fund collaborative projects between the PDTC and non-PDXNet investigators in a novel area related
 to the advancement of the Center’s goals.
We have developed an approach to solicit Intra-PDTC and non-PDXNet pilot project applications on an annual
basis and review applications using a thoughtfully structured committee comprising key expertise in the Center.
Major criteria for review of applications will include innovation, significance, conceptual and scientific rigor, the
potential to further the goals of the PDTC, and the potential for future external funding. We will also fund Cross-
PDXNet collaborative projects based on recommendations from the PDXNet Steering Committee.
Addition of substantial institutional contributions to the pilot projects core ($100,000 annually from HCI
and $150,000 annually from BCM for all five years) will more than triple our ability to fund exciting new
research in our PDTC.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10909337
- **Project number:** 5U54CA224076-06
- **Recipient organization:** UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
- **Principal Investigator:** Alana L. Welm
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $139,770
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-25 → 2028-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10909337

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10909337, Pilot Projects and Trans-Network Activities Core (5U54CA224076-06). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10909337. Licensed CC0.

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