Pilot Project Awards
Each year, the NYU Center for
Skeletal and Craniofacial Biology (CSCB) seeks applications for collaborative
research pilot projects from members of the Center.
The intent of the NYU CSCB Research Pilot Project Awards is to support collaborative scientific studies for one year to enable development of preliminary data that will serve as the foundation for submission of research grant applications. The purpose is to support the development of collaborative research among investigators who are members of the NYU CSCB. In the past, awards of up to $15,000 have been distributed to support one-year projects, beginning in January. Many past awardees have gone on to receive NIH funding to continue their projects.
Past Awardees
| Awardee | Year | Current Position | Subsequent Funding |
| Emi Shimizu | 2013 | Assistant Professor, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine | R01 |
| Satoko Matsumura | 2013 | Associate Professor, Columbia University Irving Medical Center | |
| Oran Kennedy | 2013 | Senior Research Lecturer, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland | |
| Juhee Jeong | 2015 | Associate Professor, NYU Dentistry | R01 |
| Alesha Castillo | 2015 | Assistant Professor, NYU Tandon | R01, VA Merit Award |
| Jian Yang | 2016 | Senior Scientist, J&J, China | |
| Teruyo Nakatani | 2016 | Japan | |
| Smruti Pushalkar | 2018 | Research Scientist, NYU Center for Genomics and Systems Biology | NYU Challenge Funds |
| Anna Di Gregorio | 2018 | Associate Professor, NYU Dentistry | R03 |
| Nadege Gouignard | 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow | R21 |
| Brian Dynlacht | 2019 | Professor, NYU Langone | R01, R21 |
| Carole Le Henaff | 2020 | Assistant Research Scientist, NYU Dentistry | submitting NIDCR-R03 application + R01 application |
Criteria
The primary criteria for funding of these awards are
- Quality of the science proposed.
- Potential of the applicants to acquire future independent funding for the project.
- Demonstration of collaborations among basic science and clinical members of the CSCB.
- Usage of one of the CSCB cores: MicroCT, Hard Tissue Histology, Histology & Correlative Microscopy, Biomechanics, Microsurgery, Translational.
Eligibility
This competition is open to all members of the NYU CSCB at the NYU College of Dentistry, NYU Grossman, and the NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital.
Eligible applicants include all faculty members, senior post-doctoral research fellows and clinical fellows if they are likely to become faculty members, and established investigators whose proposals fit the above-listed criteria. Students and beginning post-doctoral fellows are not eligible.
Stay tuned for more information.
