Science Track Award for Research Transition (START) Program
Funds a short, non-renewable pilot project that gathers the preliminary data a new investigator needs for a full substance-use research grant.
Breaking into substance-use research is hard without a track record, and the grants that would prove a hypothesis worth funding usually need preliminary data a newcomer does not have yet.
The Science Track Award for Research Transition is that first step: a small, short-term, non-renewable project meant to generate the preliminary data an investigator needs to compete for a full research grant la…
Small, time-limited pilot studies gathering preliminary data across high-priority areas of substance-use research, including comorbidity with HIV, intended to help an investigator compete for a future, larger research grant. Clinical trials are optional.
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