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Director Pilot Project Funding: Sonia Ancoli-Israel, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry |
sancoliisrael@ucsd.edu
phone: 858 822-7710 |
We are currently accepting proposal applications - deadline to apply is Oct. 29, 2010. Click on the links below for further information and the application packet.
One year pilot proposals for clinical, translational and innovative technology will be accepted from investigators at UCSD, Rady Children's Hospital, SDSU, LIAI, Salk, Burnham, and J. Craig Venter Institute, eligible to be principal investigators under the policies of their respective organizations. UCSD PIs must have a fulltime faculty appointment.
Proposals for community seed grants will be accepted from investigators in the community or from agencies in the community seeking to perform clinical studies with limited prior experience.
Review of the proposals will be conducted by a panel of internal and external scientists working in translational research. The review priorities include: 1) significance of the research and its translational relevance; 2) scientific quality; 3) feasibility; 4) probability that the work will yield important new information, technology or service; 5) qualifications of the principal investigator and collaborators.
Pilot Proposals are now being solicited for the following types of pilot awards:
Please apply through the program component most closely aligned with the proposal; i.e., Clinical Studies, Translational Studies, Innovative Technology or Community Seed Grants. Only one proposal per investigator will be accepted.
Questions should be addressed to Dr. Sonia Ancoli-Israel at sancoliisrael@ucsd.edu Funding was awarded in 2008, 2009 and 2010. A description of the awarded projects can be found under each tab.