# Component for Institution # 264313

> **NIH NIH P30** · TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH · 2020 · $140,705

## Abstract

The Pilot Project Core will provide critical support for new initiatives and feasibility studies to test
new hypotheses and generate novel data in the field of substance abuse, pain and addiction
research, and the intersection of drugs of abuse with HIV. Research that is supported ranges
over a variety of disciplines and techniques including molecular, pharmacological, physiological,
immunological, and behavioral. Projects involve a variety of drug classes including opioids,
cannabinoids, psychostimulants, alcohol and nicotine. The amount of support is sufficient to
allow the testing of new ideas and accumulating data that can be used to form the basis for an
application for external funding. In addition to the actual dollars supporting the project, the
investigators are encouraged to make use of the expertise and the facilities of the Research
Support Cores of the NIDA P30 Center. Use of the Research Support Cores allows those
carrying out a Pilot Project to expand their areas of expertise by receiving assistance with new
techniques and approaches with which they may be unfamiliar, and to receive mentoring from
the Core faculty. In the previous funding period, three projects/year were supported by the Pilot
Projects Core, resulting in a recently awarded NIDA R01 as well as other submitted grant
applications, several publications, and presentations at national and regional meetings.
Potential applicants are solicited by general and targeted announcements to faculty at Temple
University and to faculty of other institutions through professional list-serves. Applications for
pilot project support are evaluated by a sub-committee of P30 Center faculty and are judged on
their innovation and significance of the research question and approach, the probability that
sufficient outcomes will be obtained to serve as preliminary data for an independent grant
application, and the strength of the integration with the aims of the NIDA P30 Center. Special
consideration is given to early career investigators and to investigators new to the field of
substance abuse research. Progress is evaluated via informal and frequent discussions of
progress and formal reports from awardees. It is anticipated that three pilot projects will be
supported directly by the Pilot Project Core each year, including at least two new projects per
year.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9845449
- **Project number:** 2P30DA013429-21
- **Recipient organization:** TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** Martin W Adler
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $140,705
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9845449

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9845449, Component for Institution # 264313 (2P30DA013429-21). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9845449. Licensed CC0.

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