# Pilot Projects Program

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS · 2020 · $1,193,025

## Abstract

Summary
The Clinical and Translational Infrastructure Network (CTR-IN) is a partnership of 13 institutions across 7 states
to develop a culture of collaborative multidisciplinary clinical and translational health disparities research within
and across western IDeA institutions to positively impact health in our communities. Support for CTR pilot
projects is one of the key CTR-IN activities. The CTR-IN Pilot Projects Program (CP3, formerly known as CTPG
[Clinical and Translational Pilot Grants]) has developed well-tested strategies for solicitation, merit review, and
oversight of pilot grants. The success of CTR-IN pilot awardees is made possible through the close integration
of CP3 funding for investigators with the biostatistical, mentorship and professional development support from
the complementary CTR-IN Cores. To further grow the successful CP3, we have evolved our strategy to focus
on health disparities research, and we have developed innovative strategies to support multisite collaborations
and the building of multidisciplinary CTR teams. The CP3 funding strategies will enhance current CTR capacity
in the region on several fronts. First, over the past 5 years a high proportion of investigators with CTR-IN pilot
grant support have successfully obtained competitive extramural funding, yielding a positive return on investment
that will continue to grow. We will continue to advance this objective by working in close collaboration with the
new Community Engagement and Outreach (CEO) Core to identify populations at risk and health disparities of
concern in our communities. Second, partnering across sites will build the necessary infrastructure to compete
nationally for multisite clinical trials and related research. Our recent support of multisite collaborative pilot
projects demonstrates both the demand for such projects among researchers and the proof of concept for
initiating these more complex projects. Finally, supporting partnerships that bridge preclinical and clinical
research will accelerate the delivery of solutions to patients and communities. Faculty at our partner institutions
include a broad cohort of IDeA-supported basic science, preclinical investigators (e.g., INBRE, COBRE) and
clinical investigators, yielding opportunities for building teams and leveraging core resources to advance
research for greater benefit to patients and communities. Altogether, these strategies and anticipated outcomes
will have an important impact on health in our communities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9979982
- **Project number:** 5U54GM104944-08
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS
- **Principal Investigator:** Curtis William Noonan
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,193,025
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9979982

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9979982, Pilot Projects Program (5U54GM104944-08). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9979982. Licensed CC0.

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