Pilot Grant Program

Call for Applications for Pilot and Feasibility (P & F) Studies

Full Proposals will be accepted from:

• New investigators, who have not had R01 or P01 or equivalent funding, to do innovative skin research
• Investigators proposing basic/translational collaborations and interdisciplinary research projects in skin research
• Established investigators outside the field of skin research who want to apply their expertise to this area and/or collaborate with skin researchers

Scientist-in-Training Minigrant Proposals will be accepted from:

• Dermatology residents in the third or fourth year of the physician-scientist residency training program
• Dermatologists who are postdoctoral research fellows
• Postdoctoral research fellows with over one year research experience in the laboratories of PIs in the SBDRC who are doing skin research

Scientist-in-Training Minigrant Proposals should focus on an independent research area; a supporting letter from the mentor is required

Priority

• Proposals that use at least one of the SBDRC Research Cores and/or that propose interdepartmental (preferably interdisciplinary) collaborations
• Proposals for basic to translational projects

Funding

• Full Proposals $20,000-$50,000 per year; ability to competitively renew for 1 year
• Scientist-in-Training Minigrant Proposals: up to $15,000 each

Application due date: August 1, 2018

Anticipated funding start date: October 1, 2018

https://dermatology.upenn.edu/sbdrc/pilot-grant-program/