Full Application

Full applications are due by September 15, 2025 at 5:00 pm via email submission to CDUHR.pilot@nyu.edu.

Please title the subject of the email Pilot Award Full Application and with the name of the applicant, i.e., project principal investigator (PI).

The full application requires the following components (documents should be single-spaced, half-inch margins on all sides, and use 11 point Arial font):

1. Abstract: maximum 300 words
2. Pilot Project Proposal: maximum of 3 pages in length. The proposal should include:
   • Specific aims
   • Background and significance
   • Responsiveness to CDUHR’s thematic focus of overcoming barriers to ending HIV/AIDS among PWUD
   • Research design & methods; include the dataset(s) that will be used for secondary analysis and also indicate whether IRB approval will be necessary to analyze the data
   • Plan for publications and presentation of findings
3. These are not part of the 3-page limit:

• References
• Detailed budget (one page)
• Budget justification in narrative form (one page)
• Mentorship form
• Letter from the project PI, as appropriate
• Investigator Biosketch: Please use the NIH Biosketch format (5 page maximum). An eRA Commons Username is not required for those who are not already registered
• Brief letter(s) of support from the mentor(s) for the project
• Letter(s) of support from any collaborating organization(s)
• Consortium statement from the applicant’s home institution or school/college acknowledging that no indirect costs will be included with the award
• Postdoctoral fellows must include a letter from the applicant’s home institution or school/college indicating that the term of the individual’s fellowship will extend beyond the end date for the proposed project and that they are eligible to a principal investigator at their home institution.

Budget and budget justification should detail how CDUHR funds will be utilized in the research process. Both should closely reflect the work described in the proposal. Budgets should only include direct costs for a 10.5 month period (October 1, 2025-August 15, 2026). The maximum request available is $15,000.

Allowable costs include: funds for research assistant(s), data-related training, software for analyses, cost for dataset purchases. Salaries of PIs or co-investigators should not be included. Publication costs should not be included. Pilot project funds may not be used to supplement or prolong ongoing research, to support dissertation research or coursework, to purchase equipment, and cannot be used as bridge funds when other research support ends. No indirect costs will be awarded.

Appendices should not be submitted with the application.

Note that NIDA requires CDUHR to provide a description and justification of all pilot projects before initiating them. Notification includes a description and rationale for the project, and addressing the question of how it falls within CDUHR’s mission. In addition, CDUHR must state that the project will comply with NIH policies, including IRB approval of human subject research, when necessary.