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Pictured (From L to R): IDC Director Dr. Hakeem Lawal and 2023 Pilot Grant PIs, Dr. Chanelle Acheamfour, Dr. Leela Thomas, and Dr. Karl Miletti.

The Investigator Development Core at the IHER Center is pleased to announce the names of the 2024 Pilot Grant cohort!

Applications are also now open for the 2025 Pilot Grant. Apply now through Piestar: iher.piestar-rfx.com/dsu/136
In this photo: Pictured (From L to R): IDC Director Dr. Hakeem Lawal and 2023 Pilot Grant PIs, Dr. Chanelle Acheamfour, Dr. Leela Thomas, and Dr. Karl Miletti. The Investigator Development Core at the IHER Center is pleased to announce the names of the 2024 Pilot Grant cohort! Applications are also now open for the 2025 Pilot Grant. Apply now through Piestar: iher.piestar-rfx.com/dsu/136
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2024 IHER Center Pilot Grant Awardees and Open Application announced!

Thursday, October 31, 2024

The Investigator Development Core at the IHER Center is pleased to announce the names and project titles for the 2024 IHER Center Pilot Grant awardees who have recently received NIH approval of their scientific projects. The award duration is two years, and the Principal Investigators (PIs) listed below will begin preparation of their projects, with final approval on project budgets pending.

  • Margaret Gulledge, OTD – Research Project title: Identifying Barriers to Fall Prevention Screening and Intervention for Community-Dwelling Adults in Delaware: A Qualitative Study
  • Xuanren Goodman, Ph.D. – Research Project title: Crime, Neighborhood Cohesion, and Health in Underserved Communities in Delaware
  • Tana Connell, Ph.D. – Research Project title: Addressing Health Equity in Youth Programming through Community-based Participatory Research
  • Van Talabattula, Ph.D. – Research Project title: The role of astrocytes in the development of neuronal network activity
  • Courtney McClure, Ph.D. – Research Project title: Investigating the APOE3/R145C Variant and its Role in Increasing the Risk of Alzheimer’s in African Americans

2025 Pilot Grant Applications

Moreover, the 2025 IHER Center Pilot Grant Application RFA has now been officially released! Click here to learn more and to apply.

The Pilot program awards research grants of $50,000 per year for two years. It also provides a 50% teaching reduction load for the two-year duration of the award.

For further information, please contact the IHER Center Investigator Development Core Director, Dr. Hakeem Lawal at hlawal [at] desu.edu.