The SYNERGY Translational Pilot Grant Program

The SYNERGY Translational Pilot Grant Program funds innovative interdisciplinary research proposals that have clear potential for translation into patient-oriented care and improved population health. The goal is to facilitate collaborative translational research studies within all Dartmouth institutions and affiliated health centers, and to accelerate the process of clinical and translational research. The contact PI must have a Dartmouth faculty appointment at the rank of instructor, assistant professor or associate professor.
The application cycle for 2018 Pilots has now closed. But for reference, see the RFA and LOI forms below:2018 SYNERGY Pilot RFA2018 SYNERGY Pilot Letter of Intent (LOI) template
For more information or with questions, contact
synergy.pilots@dartmouth.edu at any time.
2018 SYNERGY Translational Pilot Grant Awards
Congratulations to the 2018 SYNERGY Translational Pilot Grant Awardees! Following a review of 27 letters of intent, SYNERGY invited 12 full applications, and after a detailed review, selected five awardees. Aligning with SYNERGY’s mission of fostering collaborative interactions between basic, translational, and health services researchers, the awardees come from diverse Dartmouth schools and departments. Here are this year's awards:
Leah Gitajn, MD, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Shudong Jiang, PhD, Associate Professor, Thayer School of Engineering -
A Pilot Study Evaluating Bone and Tissue Perfusion and Oxygen Tension in the Setting of Extremity Fracture
Matthew Havrda, PhD, Assistant Professor, Molecular and Systems Biology and Allan Gulledge, PhD, Associate Professor, Molecular and Systems Biology -
Neuronal Acetylcholine in the Regulation of Oligodendrocyte-progenitor-like Glioma cells
JoAnna Leyenaar, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics and TDI and James O’Malley, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Data Sciences and TDI -
Urban-Rural Disparities in Healthcare for Children with Medical Complexity
Patricia Pioli, PhD, Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology and Viktor Martyanov, PhD, Research Scientist, Molecular and Systems Biology -
Mining Genomic Data to Identify New Targets and Develop Novel Therapies for Systemic Sclerosis
Lauren Sippel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Meghan Meyer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences -
Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Poor Social Connection in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
SYNERGY Leadership extends its sincere thanks to the
2018 SYNERGY Translational Pilot Application Review Committee for their hard work during the review process to select these Pilot Awardees.
Congratulations to the 2017 SYNERGY Translational Pilot Grant awardees. Following a review of 35 letters of intent, SYNERGY invited 14 full applications from which six awardees were selected. Aligning with SYNERGY’s mission of fostering collaborative interactions between basic, translational, and health services researchers, the awardees come from diverse Dartmouth schools and departments. Here are this year's awards:
John Batsis, MD (Associate Professor, Medicine and TDI), and David Kotz, PhD (Professor, Computer Science) -
A Pilot Study of an eHealth-delivered Health Coaching Intervention
Scott Davis, PhD (Assistant Research Professor, Engineering/Thayer) and Kimberley Samkoe, PhD (Assistant Research Professor, Surgery; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Engineering/Thayer) -
Bio-slice: Whole-body, High-resolution 3-D Biodistribution Imaging of Multiple Agents
Jibran Khokhar, PhD (Instructor, Psychiatry) and Kyle Smith, PhD (Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences) -Does a Brain Reward Circuit Dysfunction Underlie Substance use in Schizophrenia? Toward a Novel Avenue for Treatment Development
Geoffrey Luke, PhD (Assistant Professor, Engineering/Thayer) and Lesley Jarvis, MD, PhD (Associate Professor, Medicine) - Ultrasound Image-Guided Delivery of Oxygen-Carrying Nanoparticles for Radiation Therapy
Charles Sentman, PhD (Professor, Microbiology and Immunology) and Margaret Ackerman, PhD (Assistant Professor, Engineering/Thayer) -
Engineering Human Regulatory T Cells to Target the Extracellular Fibrils That Form in Neural Tissue in Parkinson’s Disease
Craig Tomlinson, PhD (Senior Research Scientist, Medicine) and Shodeinde Coker, MD (Instructor, Medicine, Hematology-Oncology)-
Preclinical Study of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor and Other Biomarkers in Human Adipose Tissue and their Potential Links Among Obesity and Breast Cancer
SYNERGY Leadership extends its sincere thanks to the
2017 SYNERGY Translational Pilot Application Review Committee for their hard work during the review process to select these Pilot Awardees.