Pilot wrap-around support initiative: Enhanced support for internally funded CTSA pilot awards
Kelsey C. Stoltzfus, Tyler J. Deal, John P. Vanden Heuvel, Aron E. Lukacher, Susan Simkins, Nikolay V. Dokholyan, Jennifer L. Kraschnewski

TL;DR
This paper describes a new initiative to provide enhanced support for pilot research projects to improve their success and likelihood of securing future funding.
Contribution
The novel contribution is the implementation of a wrap-around support initiative with new mechanisms to assist pilot project researchers.
Findings
The initiative received 55 letters of intent and 23 full applications across two funding cycles.
Six projects were funded to start in 2024, with four more set to begin in 2025.
New support mechanisms included consultations, PI orientation, and collaboration planning.
Abstract
The Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Pilot Wrap-Around Support Initiative, implemented in the 2023 pilot funding cycle, was designed to help research teams access comprehensive research support for their pilot projects throughout the entire funding cycle. The overall goal of the initiative is to support researchers to improve timely and successful completion of project aims with a high likelihood of receiving follow-on external funding to advance clinical and translational science. This initiative builds upon existing CTSI resources by adding new support mechanisms, including Core consultations during application development, a pilot project Principal Investigator (PI) orientation meeting, and team science collaboration planning for funded teams. In the 2023 and 2024 funding cycles, we received 55 letters of intent and 23 invited full applications. Pilot…
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TopicsRisk and Safety Analysis · Software Reliability and Analysis Research
