Pilot Grants

The goal of the pilot grant program is to provide funding to support innovative clinical/translational research projects, ultimately enabling investigators to successfully obtain extramural funding.

Meet Our Awardees

The priorities for pilot grant projects are a combination of scientific and regional needs developed by the network's community advisory board.

Priority Areas

Priorities include a combination of scientific and regional needs developed by the GP IDeA-Community Advisory Board. Priority areas are:

• Mental health, defined as “emotional, psychological, and social well-being across every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.” For more information, including data and statistics, please visit About Mental Health (cdc.gov)
• Nutrition, physical activity, and weight; for more information, visit About the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity | National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) | CDC
• Social determinants of health, such as economic stability, education access and quality, healthcare access and quality, neighborhood and built environment, and social and community context. For more information, visit Social Determinants of Health - Healthy People 2030 | health.gov
• Leading causes of death (e.g., heart disease, cancer, accidents, chronic lower respiratory disease, COVID-19, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, hypertension, and suicide). For State-specific data, please visit Nebraska (cdc.gov).

Highest priority will be given to the strongest science and projects that focus on priority areas which are most likely to lead to successful extramural funding. Projects that make an impact on medically disadvantaged, underrepresented minority, and/or geographically or clinically isolated populations are of high interest. In addition, projects that can introduce or evaluate new tools or technologies useful in these populations are strongly encouraged.