2009 Call for Pilot Project Proposals

The Institute for Regenerative Medicine is pleased to announce a call for pilot project proposals in areas related to stem cell research or regenerative medicine. The intention of this program is to promote collaborative research at the University of Pennsylvania and to generate preliminary results necessary to establish and sustain programmatic efforts. Thus, priority will be given to the applications of IRM Members that support new collaborations promoting transformational discovery in the fields of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine and that exhibit the promise of generating durable extramural support. Applications should be less than five pages in length, exclusive of references, and should follow standard NIH format, including:

• NIH biosketches;
• a one year budget breakdown in any amount up to $50,000 (template attached); and,
• a listing of other support.

Applications will be reviewed by the Executive Committee of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine, or their ad hoc designees. (Salary support for faculty, tuition and student aid, renovations, and overhead/indirect costs should not be budgeted and will not be allowed.) Consideration for any renewal of funding beyond the one year term will be predicated on contemporaneous submission of a proposal for extramural support such as an NIH Program Grant (P01), U01, SCCOR, or co-PI R01, and the continued availability of IRM funding. Please submit applications as a single PDF file inclusive of all documents by September 14, 2009 to the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at IRMed@pobox.upenn.edu. Applications should reference "Pilot Project Program 2009" in the subject line.