# PilotandFeasibility-001

> **NIH NIH P30** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $156,901

## Abstract

The Pilot and Feasibility Project (P/F) program is an integral component of the DDBTRCC with a goal of
facilitating and promoting GI research at JHU. Three groups of investigators are supported by this program.
The P/F program provides financial support, mentoring, and training primarily to young investigators who have
shown interest and significant promise in GI research Type 1). In addition, the program supports highly
innovative research of more established investigators who are not currently working in the GI field but are
interested in applying their expertise to GI studies (Type 2), and to established GI investigators who aim to
develop new areas of GI research (Type 3). The P/F awards provide one year of support for projects that aim
to generate additional preliminary data necessary for full-size grant applications, usually to the NIH (the R01
mechanism) as well as other funding agencies. Applications from new and established investigators that test
novel concepts, utilize innovative experimental systems or propose to carry the GI research at the interface of
different disciplines are also supported, especially if the work is relevant to the larger Core Center Research
Base. In addition to financial assistance, the P/F program offers mentoring and guidance to recently appointed
young investigators, as well as opportunity to showcase their research and test their ideas. Identification of P/F
projects for funding follows a 5-step process including advertising, internal review for eligibility, evaluation of
scientific merit by an independent External Scientific Advisory Committee, final selection, and feedback to all
applicants. The plans include regular evaluations of research progress and dissemination of the P/F results.
The success of the P/F program is measured by research productivity, presentation of data at local and
national meetings, publications, submission of applications for funding and ability to aquire such funds for
further research. In the three years since our Core Center was funded, 11 completed P/F projects have led to
15 publications, 13 extramural grant applications, 4 grants funded as PI and 3 as co-investigator producing a
return of investment of 8.7X (investment $275,000; funded grants $2,400,000).

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9951053
- **Project number:** 5P30DK089502-10
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** MARK DONOWITZ
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $156,901
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2023-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9951053

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9951053, PilotandFeasibility-001 (5P30DK089502-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9951053. Licensed CC0.

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