P30 Pilot Funding

ROCSTARR Request for Proposals: Pilot Studies

As part of the Pilot & Feasibility Studies Program in NIAMS, P30 AR069655, the Rochester Resource-based Center for Bone, Muscle and Orthopaedic Research (ROCSTARR) is now requesting applications from Early Career Investigators for funding of pilot projects.  Investigator-initiated pilot studies for non-tenured, full-time faculty Principal Investigators are eligible to apply for research funding relevant to Musculoskeletal Diseases ($25,000 maximum for one year).  

All principal investigators of proposals must be faculty at the University of Rochester. Co-investigators may be from other institutions. Funding cannot be used to support faculty salary. Trainee salary support is permitted, but must be justified in the proposal. Renewal of funding of investigator-initiated pilots for a second year may be possible under special circumstances where considered justified, and revised applications from prior proposals submitted for P30 or CTSI pilot funding may be submitted. Concurrent funding of more than a single pilot award to an investigator from the ROCSTARR is not permitted.

The pilot grant program is intended to provide seed funding to facilitate new research and future funding. Multidisciplinary research is strongly encouraged, as well as translational and clinical research that moves new discoveries along the translational continuum to humans and the community. Clinical and community-based research, education and training, practice-based research, and health services research proposals are also encouraged.

Proposal Submission

A face page application form and investigator’s proposal (in a modified NIH format with a six page maximum, 11-point font minimum) and budget form with a budget justification should be submitted electronically by email to  Martha Young, phone: 585-275-1397.

Deadline

ROCSTARR Proposals must be received by Monday, September 16, 2024, using the Request for Proposals: Pilot Studies Form.  Email the completed form to Martha Young.

Applicants will be notified of awards by December 18, 2024, which will be initiated on January 1, 2025.  The funding must be expended by December 31, 2025.

Note:  All animal and human subject protocols must be approved prior to the start date.  No funds will be released until these approvals have been documented.  If approvals are not received prior to the start date, then the applicant will not receive the award.

Please see the full announcement for more details.

ROCSTARR (formerly URCCMBM) Pilot Awardees

Louis A. Goldstein and Mildred M. Goldstein Orthopaedic Research Award

Each year faculty members are encouraged to apply for The Goldstein Award. This endowment gifted by Louis A. Goldstein and Mildred M. Goldstein is for funding of clinical Orthopaedic research. This gift enables faculty to generate pilot data from which they can apply for additional funding.

Goldstein Awardees