Pilot Project Program Perry Halushka MD. PhD. – Program Director Tony Alberg PhD. MPH. – Associate Program Director Randal Davis – Project Director Dayan Ranwala PhD. – Science Project Manager South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institution (SCTR)

 To facilitate new and innovative, meaningful clinical & translational research  To promote scientific interactions among many disciplines and the community to accelerate the processes from discovery & innovation to improved patient care  To provide research support for highly promising trainees & junior faculty to shorten the time to research independence Pilot Project Program Overview

 To support the development of new technologies & methodologies and to ensure they become widely available to other investigators  To encourage and facilitate the development of potential IP & commercialization of technologies Pilot Project Program Overview

 This is a special RFA only for SCTR Scientific Retreat Theme related pilot project grant applications.  2010 Telemedicine Retreat  2011 Neurological Disease/Injury Retreat  At least 1 investigator must have attended the retreat. Pilot Project RFA – For Retreats

 Applications can be submitted as:  Discovery  Early Career  Novel Methodology & Technology  Community-University Partnership &/or Research Dissemination  Health Disparities  Fast-Forward Seed Grants Grant Categories

Key Dates  RFA Release Date:Tuesday, March 1, 2011*  Applications Due Date: Noon Friday, April 15, 2011**  SRC Review Due: Friday, May13, 2011  Notice of Award Date: Friday, May 27, 2010  Just-in-Time Due: Friday, June 17, 2011  Orientation for Awardees: Friday, June 24, 2011  Earliest Anticipated Start Date: Friday, July 1, Pilot Project RFA – For Retreats

 Pilot Project Program Contact: Dayan Ranwala   /8300  Program Webpage: projects Pilot Project Program Assistance

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