Image-Guided Neuromodulation Pilot Award

This service is provided by the Pilot and Collaborative Studies Resource (PCSR) and is offered in partnership with The New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI)/Columbia Psychiatry and Columbia Engineering, the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (Columbia Engineering). 

Overview

The Imaging Pilot Award program supports innovative imaging studies in animals or human subjects with relevance to medical illness and therapeutic development. The award enables investigators to obtain pilot data that will lead to independent, external funding and publication.

Current Focus 

The current cycle’s focus is Image-Guided Neuromodulation  

The Image-Guided Neuromodulation Pilot Award program supports innovative studies aiming to modify the nervous system using emerging technologies and techniques that could spawn innovation and improve clinical care, with priority given to projects involving imaging studies. 

The award provides funding to studies in areas including, but not limited to, substance use disorders, pain management, and Parkinson’s Disease. The application is open to all diseases and indications. 

Proposed projects should lead to independent, external funding and publication. This pilot award prioritizes early career investigators.

  • Duration: One year
  • Award amount: $45,000
  • Number of awards: Up to four awards

See a list of current and past Imaging Pilot Award recipients.

Eligibility

  • Principal Investigator(s) must have a faculty appointment at Columbia University of Assistant Professor (clinical or tenure track) or above.
  • Faculty investigators at all levels are eligible; Early career investigators (e.g., Assistant Professors) will be prioritized.
  • Applications must include investigators with a primary appointment in Columbia Engineering and/or investigators with a primary appointment in the Department of Psychiatry.
  • The following faculty collaborations are eligible for this pilot award:
    • Columbia Engineering and Psychiatry — highly encouraged
    • Columbia Engineering and other Columbia Schools/Departments
    • Psychiatry and other Columbia Schools/Departments
  • Although senior leaders and Resource directors of the Irving Institute may be consulted during the preparation of the application, they should not be included as co-investigators or collaborators.
  • During each application cycle, only one submission is permitted per principal investigator. Principal investigators may be listed as co-investigators or consultants on other applications.

Special consideration will be given to:

 

Deadlines

The application cycle is currently closed.

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