Pilot & Feasiblity Program
The Pilot & Feasibility (P & F) Program provides modest research support for up to two years to enable eligible investigators to explore the feasibility of a concept related to the overall goals of the UTSW O’Brien Kidney Center and to generate sufficient data to pursue the concept through other funding mechanisms (e.g., NIH R01 grant).
Investigators who are eligible for pilot and feasibility funding generally fall into three categories:
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New investigators without current or past NIH research support (R01, P01) as a principal investigator. It is expected that the majority of the investigators will fall into this category
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Established non-nephrology investigators who wish to apply their expertise to a problem in this area
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Established investigators who propose testing innovative ideas that represent a clear departure from ongoing research interests
2009 P & F Awardees
Vishal Patel, M.D., Assistant Instructor
UT Southwestern, Internal Medicine- Nephrology,
Role of microRNA in kidney development and pathogenesis of PKD
Quan-Zhen Li, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor
UT Southwestern, Immunology
Kallikrein gene targeting to modulate spontaneous lupus nephritis
2008 P & F Awardees
S. Susan Hedayati, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, UT Southwestern, & Dallas VA Association of WNK1 with Hypertensive and CV Effects of Dietary Potassium Deficiency
Joseph A. Garcia, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, UT Southwestern Molecular mechanisms regulating erythropoietin production in mammals
2007 P & F Awardees
S. Susan Hedayati, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, UT Southwestern, & Dallas VA Association of WNK1 with Hypertensive and CV Effects of Dietary Potassium Deficiency
Leighton James, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, UT Southwestern
Director: Christopher Lu, M.D. |
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