{"id":32597,"date":"2026-02-26T10:55:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/?p=32597"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:33:53","slug":"pilot-research-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/2026\/02\/26\/pilot-research-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"FES Center Announces New Pilot Research Funding Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"press-release-page\">\n<section class=\"press-release-intro\">\n<figure class=\"press-release-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Salameh-Veizi-awards-768x556-1.png\" alt=\"Pilot research funding announcement visual\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"press-release-lede\">\n<p>Congratulations to FES Investigators Ahlam Salameh PhD and Elias Veizi MD, PhD, the first recipients of the FES Center\u2019s Pilot Research Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The awards are part of a new funding program created by the VA Office of Research and Development designed to encourage new research projects and initiatives by FES Center investigators.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"press-release-body\">Dr. Veizi received a Pilot Award for \u201cexploring brain functional connectivity changes with spinal cord pattern stimulation (SCSp).\u201d Dr. Salameh received a Pilot Award for \u201cMechanistic Effects of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation on human spinal sensorimotor and neuropathic processing in diabetic neuropathy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another related new research opportunity from VA ORD is award funding for FES Center investigators initiating new AI-focused research. Look for details on this funding opportunity coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Pilot Award funding is also available. FES Center PIs who are interested in applying for Pilot Award funding or an AI-focused research award should contact Cheryl Dudek for details.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Congratulations to FES Investigators Ahlam Salameh PhD and Elias Veizi MD, PhD, the first recipients of the FES Center\u2019s Pilot Research Awards. The awards are part of a new funding program created by the VA Office of Research and Development designed to encourage new research projects and initiatives by FES Center investigators. Dr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":32599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","category-people"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32597"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32615,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32597\/revisions\/32615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}