Clinical Pilot and Feasibility Award

Clinical Pilot and Feasibility Awards are offered to support projects involving human subjects (see 45 CFR§46.102(f)) that will develop and test new hypotheses and/or new methods (or those being applied to the problems of cystic fibrosis for the first time), and to support promising new investigators as they establish themselves in research areas relevant to cystic fibrosis. The intent of these awards is to enable investigators to collect sufficient preliminary data to determine the best strategies and methods for approaching a major question that ultimately will require assessment through a larger-scale research and/or multi-center, collaborative trial.

Support may be requested for $80,000 USD per year (plus 12% for indirect costs) for single-center studies; and up to $150,000 USD per year (plus 12% indirect costs) for multi-center clinical studies for up to two years. Up to an additional $100,000 USD over the entire project period may be available via supplemental funding.