# Pilots and Feasibility Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · 2020 · $144,629

## Abstract

G. Abstract (Pilot and Feasibility Program)
The Pilot and Feasibility Program provides the hard-to-identify start-up funds for new projects that emanate
from the synergies fostered in the NORC. A major strength of this program is our critical mass of senior
scientists at Pennington who energize young investigators (senior Postdoctoral Fellows, Instructors and
Assistant Professors) through enhanced communications and enrichment activities of the NORC. This
synergism produces new research ideas.
The aims of the Pilot and Feasibility Program are to:
1) Encourage new innovative research projects around our pre-identified theme of “ Nutrition,
 Obesity and Metabolic Health Throughout the Lifespan.”
2) Enable the implementation of new research for Junior Faculty (and some promising postdoctoral
 fellows) in nutrition research
3) Entice more senior Faculty to engage in a new line of research around our theme of “ Nutrition, Obesity
 and Metabolic Health Throughout the Lifespan.”
4) Collect adequate preliminary data to serve as a basis for NIH R01, R03, R21 and P01 applications.
5) Seek additional unrestricted funding from philanthropy and/or private companies.
6) Provide a web-based platform to facilitate and streamline Pilot and Feasibility proposal submission,
 review, and tracking of awarded grants.
The selected research proposals receive funds to support direct costs ($15,000 - $35,000) of the project
plus use of the NORC Cores. Although the level of support from this program for each individual project is
relatively modest this type of start-up funding is frequently the most difficult to identify in the research
setting.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9923632
- **Project number:** 5P30DK072476-15
- **Recipient organization:** LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Randall Lee Mynatt
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $144,629
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9923632

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9923632, Pilots and Feasibility Program (5P30DK072476-15). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9923632. Licensed CC0.

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