The image presents a timeline for the 2021 Pilot Studies Program:

2020:

  • Application submission period begins: 8/31/2020
  • Application submission period ends: 11/18/2020

2021:

  • Tufts CTSI announces award recipients: Jan 2021
  • Meet with Tufts CTSI to review next steps: Jan 2021
  • Submit IRB/IACUC documents, as applicable: Jan-Feb 2021
  • Obtain IRB/IACUC approval(s), as applicable: by Mar 2021
  • Submit NCATS materials to Tufts CTSI: by Mar 2021
  • Tufts CTSI submits application for NCATS prior approval: Mar-Apr 2021
  • Funding period begins: 5/1/2021

There is a note indicating the NCATS prior approval requirements do not apply to research that does not involve human or animal subjects.

2022:

  • Funding period ends: 4/30/2022
  • Submit final report: 7/29/2022
  • Present project results: Fall 2022