The Emory National Primate Research Center (ENPRC) is seeking proposals for new pilot research projects. These awards will provide one or two years of support for up to $70,000 in direct costs (total funding over entire funding period; no indirect costs are allowed). We especially encourage applications from outside researchers, early career investigators, and those new to research in non-human primates (NHPs), as well as applications that propose translational research projects. Given the ongoing nationwide shortage of primates that are available for research, studies using analyses of archival materials or data generated in primates are encouraged.

General application guidelines:

• Pilot research must include activities related to the use of NHPs for biomedical research or for studies enhancing the welfare or husbandry of NHPs.
• Pilot research should be developmental or ‘high risk’ and should be used to generate preliminary data or results necessary to apply for support from sources of funding such as NIH R01 grants.
•  Pilot research should be of sufficient quality to lead (or contribute) to publication of the results in peer-reviewed publications 
• All activities related to the use of living NHPs must be conducted on-site at the ENPRC. Other activities can be performed at other sites. A subcontracting mechanism within the pilot project can be used to support a portion of the pilot project performed outside of the grantee institution. 
• Pilot research funds may not be used to provide interim support for established projects or for investigations funded from other sources. 
• Eligible Principal Investigators include individuals with faculty or faculty-equivalent appointments at academic institutions in the United States. In exceptional cases, accomplished senior post-doctoral fellows who show promise of becoming independent investigators may apply as a Principal Investigator if a letter of support from their division or unit chief is provided. Principal Investigators are allowed to apply for one proposal per funding cycle and can receive no more than one pilot project award every 2 years. 
• Projects that involve the active participation of investigators external to the ENPRC are strongly encouraged, as are projects from early career investigators and projects involving investigators who have not previously used NHPs. NIH guidelines state that at least one-half of funded pilot projects over our five-year P51 award period must involve the active participation of investigators external to the NPRC and grantee institution. 
• While the Principal Investigator need not be an ENPRC Core Scientist, all pilot research projects must be planned, conducted, and carried out with involvement of at least one ENPRC Core Scientist, and may involve other ENPRC personnel. ENPRC Core Scientists may co-sponsor more than one application per funding cycle and serve as co-sponsors for funded applications in consecutive years. 
• Pilot projects may be proposed for one or two year periods. We encourage proposals that can be completed in one year but two-year proposals will be considered with appropriate justification. Note that the total funding level is the same for one- or two-year period applications.