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Developmental Core - Core B

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Core Director:
Susan Zolla-Pazner, Ph.D.
Phone: 212-263-6769
E-mail:
susan.zolla-pazner@nyumc.org

In keeping with the mission of the CFAR, the Developmental Core aims:

  • to strengthen and enhance the scientific productivity of the CFAR via feasibility study/pilot project awards
  • to encourage collaboration and enable a rapid response to emerging opportunities in AIDS research
  • to develop new technologies that will expedite the AIDS research

Developmental funds can also be useful in studying the feasibility of new core services, recruiting, and supporting new investigators. Many pilot project awardees have been successful in AIDS research as assessed by their subsequent publications and grant support.

The CFAR Scientific Review Committee, chaired by Dr. Zolla-Pazner, is the decision-making body for the Developmental Core, and determines which applications will be funded. The Committee reviews all submitted applications and consists of the following investigators: Drs. Claudio Basilico, M.D., Nina Bhardwaj, M.D., Ph.D., William Borkowsky, M.D., Dan Littman, M.D., Ph.D., Abraham Pinter, Ph.D., Fred Valentine, M.D, Michael Weiden, M.D. and Susan Zolla-Pazner, Ph.D. It will direct the scientific activities of the core, and determine the size of the awards, which subsequently are managed by the Administration Core.

For more information about CFAR Pilot Projects and other funding opportunities, please click here.

Pilot Project Awards

The NYU CFAR has regularly funded at least 3 pilot projects at $50,000 each for young investigators, or occasionally for an established investigator who is performing AIDS related research for the first time. Some years 4 applications have received very similar excellent scores in the review process, and all 4 projects have been funded, for a total expenditure of $200,000.

These awards are made only in response to a new research opportunity that requires a rapid method of being funded, that involves a collaboration between at least 2 CFAR investigators, and that is continued only until full outside funding can be obtained or up to a maximum of only one year, or to support the development of a significant new technology. The maximum amount is also $50,000. If no funds remain because they have been used to support pilot projects, an application to support a new research opportunity that is especially meritorious can be supported from discretionary funds with the approval of the Executive Committee.

For Pilot Project eligibility and application process, please click here.