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Pilot Grant Program

The pilot grant program facilitates and supports new and innovative, multidisciplinary, high-impact clinical and translational science and research that addresses medical and behavioral topics critical to improving health outcomes and quality of life in South Carolina. Several mechanisms support research innovation and foster the development of new research collaborations including: pilot grant opportunities, research vouchers, statewide scientific retreats, and scientific grant reviews.

Discovery

Supporting translational science projects with an interdisciplinary team collaboration with at least one Co-Investigator/Collaborator from a different discipline.

High Innovation High Reward

The High Innovation High Reward Pilot accepts applications on a rolling basis.

Translational Science

Seeks proposals with the potential to significantly advance translational science and catalyze downstream impacts in translational research efficiency and quality.

Pilot Funding Awardee Outcomes

It literally opened the door and helped built a solid foundation for our current multidisciplinary translational team research with the participation of many co-investigators across different departments at MUSC.

Hongjun Wang Ph.D. Discovery Grant

This SCTR-supported study was an inter-professional collaborative team work that contributed to two seminal manuscripts … These manuscripts were highlighted in the MUSC Catalyst and EurekAlert, and importantly by the Lupus Foundation of America.

Samar M. Hammad Ph.D. Discovery Grant

We were able to produce an initial prototype and preliminary data that resulted in a pending patent, and a NIH R21 funded project.

Dieter Haemmerich Ph.D., DSc High Innovation High Reward Grant

This pilot funding facilitated development of a new collaboration with ... BMIC. We have a manuscript that is nearing completion and … have started a collaboration with Columbia University to develop a grant proposal that will leverage data from the SCTR pilot.

Rochelle F. Hanson, Ph.D. Discovery Grant

Pilot Success Stories

An RNA:DNA “Sandwich”

MUSC researchers discover that an important genetic structure influences how the brain interprets emotional experiences to bring about behavioral changes.

Marijuana Microbiome

MUSC researchers and their collaborators will explore how cannabis smoking alters the bacterial communities in the mouth and how those changes affect the brain.

Blood Cleanse

With the help of High Innovation-High Reward seed funding, MUSC researchers have developed a way to remove toxic chemotherapeutic drugs from the blood after cancer treatment to prevent them from reaching the heart.

Predicting Heart Disease

MUSC researchers discover a potential biomarker that predicts severity of heart disease in African American lupus patients.

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Previous Grant Awardees

The SCTR pilot grants program supports innovative research spanning the translational spectrum — from basic science to population health — including patient-centered and community-engaged research.

Pilot Grant Awardees (PDF)

Boilerplate Language for Grants

Find Institutional information about the Medical University of South Carolina to guide the development of the resources and facilities portion of your proposal.

MUSC Scientific Environment

Scientific Grant Review

SCTR offers assistance to MUSC investigators who are submitting extramural grant applications with the goal to increase the quality of the application and funding success. Find instructions on the Scientific Grant Review web page.

Proposal Development Resources

Office of Research Development

Office of Research & Sponsored Program

Other Funding

SCTR Voucher Program

Community Engagement

KL2 Program

TL1 Program

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Retreats & Special Events

SCTR facilitates collaboration across traditional disciplinary and institutional lines by sponsoring statewide, thematic-based retreats for basic, clinical and population scientists, and community practitioners.

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Scientific Grant Reviews

SCTR offers assistance to MUSC investigators who are submitting extramural grant applications with the goal to increase the quality of the application and funding success.

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Contact

Sydney Bollinger
bollinger@musc.edu

Questions or requests for additional information can be sent to SCTR's Science Development Office - sctr-sdo@musc.edu.