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Pilot Project Request for proposals to focus on Neuroscience In October 2002, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Office of Women’s Health provided Kathleen T. Brady, M.D., Ph.D., and Carrie Randall, Ph.D., a five-year award to fund a research center focused on gender-based multi-disciplinary research at MUSC. One of the goals of the grant is to catalyze gender-focused research throughout the MUSC campus. The support of pilot projects is one mechanism to do this.   The purpose of the pilot core is to provide short-term start-up funds to promising postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty at MUSC to collect pilot data for an R01 submission. The project must focus on a neuroscience-related topic and explore either gender differences or disorders/treatments that are specific to women. The project can be either clinical or basic science but, consistent with the NIH Roadmap Initiative and the pending MUSC CTSA application, projects involving multidisciplinary teams and/or translational research efforts are encouraged.   Currently salaried postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty are eligible. The deadline for receipt of proposals is May 31 with an expected funding date of July 1. The funding limit is $15,000 with a funding period of July 1 through June 30, 2007. Guidelines: Submit a three-to-five page description of your project using the following format: A. Statement of the problem/background B. Primary hypothesis to be tested C. Methods to be used D. Significance of the project and relationship to women's research Postdoctoral fellows should also submit a letter of support from the faculty mentor supervising the project. Submit an NIH-type biosketch for the applicant. Postdoctoral fellows should also submit the mentor's biosketch. Submit a budget (using the PHS398 form) and a brief budget justification. Recall that budgets can be no more than $15,000. Submit proposals and address inquiries to Angela Waldrop, Ph.D., coordinator, Women’s Research Center, 67 President St., Box 250861, Charleston, S.C., 29425. For information, e-mail waldrop@musc.edu or visit http://colleges.musc.edu/psychiatry/research/cns/wrctr.htm. Funding for the Women’s Research Center provided by NIDA/ORWH: 1 P50 AR049551 in partnership with MUSC.     Friday, May 5, 2006 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 papers at 849-1778, ext. 201.