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Health disparities center accepting applications The Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR) Pilot Project Program is seeking applications for four pilot projects (funded up to $5,000 per year per project). Applications are sought from graduate or post-graduate students, fellows or faculty from MUSC. Graduate students, post-graduate students, and fellows should identify a faculty mentor for their projects. Projects that focus on racial/ethnic, socioeconomic and/or gender disparities in health will be considered.   Pilot studies will be expected to serve as vehicles to collect preliminary data for subsequent competitive applications. Pilot funds may not be used for salary support. Research ideas from clinical, basic science, nursing or health services research are encouraged.   Applications must be submitted by Sept. 30, and must include (1) a research proposal (maximum of three pages) containing a statement of the problem (including specific aims and back-ground/rationale), methods to be used, anticipated results, and discussion of how planned efforts will lead to future funding; (2) a biographical sketch for the investigator on the standard Public Health Service (PHS) 398 form; (3) a 1-page letter of support from a primary mentor for graduate students, post-graduate students and fellows; and (4) budget and justification on the standard PHS 398 form.   Selected applicants will be notified in October for funding that will begin  Nov. 1. Send application materials to: Stephanie Brown-Guion, CHDR research coordinator, 135 Rutledge Ave., Room 280, P.O. Box 250593, Charleston, S.C., 29425. For information, call 876-1238, fax 876-1201, or e-mail browngu@musc.edu.   CHDR is a research, training and outreach program focused on eliminating racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and gender disparities in health. The mission of the CHDR is to foster an environment of collaborative research to improve understanding of the multiple factors that perpetuate health care disparities, and develop effective interventions to eliminate racial/ethnic, socioeconomic and gender disparities in health. An integral part of this mission is to provide pilot funds to support innovative research in eliminating health disparities.       Friday, Sept. 7, 2007 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island Publications at 849-1778, ext. 201.