Pilot & Feasibility Program
The UCLA Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center (GLMC) invites applications for the GLMC Pilot and Feasibility Core Voucher Program. Funding will be available for multiple innovative microbiome research proposals involving services from a GLMC core facility.
We are no longer accepting applications for the current pilot and feasibility study awards.
Eligibility
GLMC early career investigators (ESI by NIH standards) with any microbiome-related proposal, or established GLMC investigators who want to pursue a new research direction (i.e. not previously funded) involving the microbiome and services from a GLMC core facility (visit our core pages for more information). Trainees (e.g. postdoctoral fellows, graduate students) can be listed as co-investigators on applications.
Award terms
- Awards are for up to $10,000 in GLMC core services over one year
- ARC and/or IRB approval with an updated funding page must be obtained prior to services rendered and/or release of funds. The funding page must list the Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center as the funding source, with the awardees name and project title.
- The Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center Cores must be acknowledged in all abstracts, publications, and presentations which utilized a core service as part of the Pilot and Feasibility Voucher program
- The awardee must provide an assurance that vouchers will be used for the proposed project
Application
- Cover page
- 1-page project summary
- Itemized budget for the requested core services
- NIH biosketch of applicant
- NIH biosketch of trainee co-investigator (if applicable)
How to apply
Please send as a single PDF document to Dr. Jonathan P. Jacobs [email protected]. Application submissions are now closed.
Review process
- Proposals will be scored based upon significance, approach, and likelihood of contributing to future funding opportunities
- Applicants who haven't received any GLMC funding in the past three years will be prioritized