The main objective of the Nuclear Cardiology Foundation Pilot & Feasibility (P & F) program is to provide research support to test innovative hypotheses involving research in nuclear cardiology and its related fields such as cardiac molecular imaging, cardiac PET, cardiac CT, or PET/CT.  It is hoped that a Pilot & Feasibility award generate enough preliminary data for the investigator to obtain research funding by conventional mechanisms (e.g., R01, R21). 

2007 Pilot & Feasiblity Award Winners

Who is Eligible?

Full time faculty and senior post doctoral fellows at an accredited university, including:

• Fellows who will have independent faculty positions at the time of completion of the P&F grant.
• Young investigators who do not have current or previous NIH (or other federal agency) research support (excluding career development awards) and who wish to establish their own independent research program. Trainees who are supported by a NSF Fellowship grant will not be eligible for the Nuclear Cardiology Foundation P&F program.
• Established investigators who wish to initiate a new research direction within nuclear cardiology and relevant fields.

Applicants must hold a PhD, MD, or equivalent degree. 

Due Dates and Review Process

Applications must be submitted for review by 4:00 p.m. ET on Monday October 1, 2007. Awards will be announced by November 30, 2007, and funding will start on December 15, 2007. All applications will be reviewed by the Research Grants Committee for scientific merit, originality, relevance of the work to nuclear cardiology and relevant fields, the potential for the project to generate data for a successful peer-reviewed grant application, and the potential for the Principal Investigator to develop into an independent investigator.

Awards

The Nuclear Cardiology Foundation will fund three (3) awards for amounts up to $30,000 for one year. All applications must have appropriate institutional regulatory approvals (Human Studies Committee (HSC), Animal Studies, etc.) before funds may be released.

Terms of Awards

Grantees must submit to the Nuclear Cardiology Foundation Research Grants Committee a brief progress report describing the results of their work, as well as related publications and funding. All publications should acknowledge the Nuclear Cardiology Foundation P & F Program.

It is expected that the Grantee will use the full amount of funding awarded during the one-year term of the award. All unexpended funds at the end of the term will be returned to The Nuclear Cardiology Foundation.  Extensions or changes to the terms of the award (length of funding period and budget) will only be made in exceptional circumstances.

Application Instructions

Completed original application, five (5) copies, and a single electronic file of complete application (on CD) should be submitted to:

The Nuclear Cardiology Foundation
Attention:  Carrie Dresser
4550 Montgomery Avenue
Suite 780 North
Bethesda, MD 20814-3304

This program has been made possible by the generous support of the Astellas USA Foundation.