# Pilot and Feasibility Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · 2020 · $96,263

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY – Pilot and Feasibility Program
The Pilot and Feasibility grant program at the Chicago Center for Diabetes Translation Research (CCDTR)
supports new areas of inquiry in diabetes-related translation research, with a special focus on vulnerable
populations. The main aim of P&F program is to provide funding for investigators to explore novel hypotheses
and to obtain preliminary data in order to secure long-term support from conventional funding mechanisms.
Funding from the P&F program has supported new investigators who are seeking to become fully independent
scientists in diabetes translation research and established investigators who are seeking to initiate diabetes-
related research. Since its inception in 2011, the CCDTR P&F program has received 20 applications and has
awarded 11 grants. Thus far these pilot grants have led to 15 abstract presentations, 4 peer-reviewed
publications, and 10 grant applications submitted, with subsequent funding of 6 grants from the NIDDK, NHBLI,
and AHRQ. The P&F program has made a difference for many investigators and has launched the careers of
several investigators in the fields of diabetes translational research. Our breadth of funding is demonstrated in
the number of institutions and types of interventions funded. About 40% of grantees are from outside the
University of Chicago. The grantees' areas of study have included assessments of sleep interventions to
improve diabetic outcomes, improving care of patients with pre-end-stage kidney disease, community health
worker interventions, mobile phone interventions on sedentary behavior, and outcomes of women with type 2
diabetes and breast cancer. Looking forward, we plan to continue our successful P&F program, which has
been an integral part of the CCDTR in fostering collaboration and has led to important research findings, and
further expand its scope. We are requesting continuing support at the level of $50,000 per year. The Dean of
the Biological Sciences Division, Kenneth Polonsky, MD, will continue his support by providing $50,000 in
matching funds per year towards the P&F program. This supplemental funding will allow us to grant four
awards of $25,000 per year. We also plan to diversify the areas of translation research funded by encouraging
applications that study diverse types of interventions (e.g. interventions to improve population health), the
populations studied (e.g. Asian American populations and LGBTQ patients), and the fields of expertise of the
grantees (e.g. environmental science, breadth of clinical specialties and subspecialties). The success of our
P&F program to date is a reflection of the interdisciplinary nature of our center and the strong research base it
provides. Through a renewal of the CCDTR, the P&F program will be able to continue to provide necessary
funding support to a new generation of innovative and diverse diabetes translation researchers and increase
their chances of securing long-term funding in the future...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9995001
- **Project number:** 5P30DK092949-10
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** Arshiya Ahmed Baig
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $96,263
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2011-09-01 → 2021-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9995001

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9995001, Pilot and Feasibility Program (5P30DK092949-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9995001. Licensed CC0.

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