Pilot Programs Accepting Applications
Pilot Program Coordination at UAB
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ICAR Pilot Funding Program
The mission of this interdisciplinary community is to promote the health and well-being of older adults and their families through research, education and outreach initiatives.

UAB Nathan Shock Center Pilot/Feasibility Project Awards
The UAB Nathan Shock Center invites proposals examining the mechanistic and/or energetics of aging.

Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) Pilot & Feasibility Program
The Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) invites multidisciplinary applications addressing nutrition, metabolism, obesity and associated comorbidities.

UAB-UCSD O’Brien Center for AKI Pilot Program
The UAB-UCSD O'Brien Center Pilot and Feasibility (PAF) Grants program provides seed funds for new, outstanding, and innovative research proposals related to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI).

VSRC Pilot Grant Program
The Vision Science Research Center (VSRC) invites pilot applications seeks to support vision research and mission aligned research collaborations.

CCTS Radiology Pilot Research Initiative
The intent of the CCTS Radiology Pilot Research Initiative is to promote pre-clinical and clinical research projects and so acquire data that can be used in publications and extramural grant applications.

CCTS Statistical and Analytic Methods Development
The CCTS seeks to support the development of novel statistical and computational approaches and related methodological innovations that bridge the gap between data and clinical application.

Microbiome Center Pilot
The Microbiome Center pilot provides seed funding for research focused on microbial interactions with each other and the host, and/or how the microbiome impacts health and disease.

OHDRC Secondary Data Analysis
The Obesity Health Disparities Research Center facilitates analysis using secondary data sources related to obesity and health disparity research.

Comprehensive Neuroscience Center Pilot Award Call for Applications 2021
The CNC invites proposals for fundamental, translational, or clinical research that align with the Center’s mission pillars.

UAB Cooperative Center on Human Immunology Concept LOI
The CCHI IOF encourages multi-disciplinary collaborations and new investigators in human immunology research. The CCHI will support mechanistic, hypothesis-driven research in human immunity, immune-mediated diseases and basic immunology.

CCTS Pilot Funding Program
The Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) pilot program fosters investigators proposing to examine diseases disproportionately impacting our region, minority and special populations in the Deep South.

Palliative Research Enhancement Project (PREP)
The Center for Palliative and Supportive Care invites research proposals focused on palliative and supportive care.

Pilot Grants for Health Policy Research
The Lister Hill Center for Health Policy solicits research proposals focused on health policy. Note: A Letter of Intent is due before October 25th. See the RFA for details.

MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study Pilot Program
The Multicenter AIDS Cohort (MACS) / Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) combined cohort study (MWCCS) seeks to fund HIV-related co-morbidity research projects.

CEDHARS Pilot: Addressing Health Disparities in Adults or Children with Disabilities
The Center for Engagement in Disability Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (CEDHARS) seeks to support research addressing health disparities in adults or children with disabilities.

Center for AIDS Research Developmental Pilot Funding
The Center for AIDS Research is soliciting highly integrative and team driven research proposals that align with the Center’s mission pillars.

CFRC Pilot and Feasibility Project Applications in Cystic Fibrosis
The Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center is soliciting applications for pilot and feasibility projects to support new research initiatives in cystic fibrosis pathophysiology and intervention.