I think that is a fair point. It is partially answered by whether a grant was received, but only partially. On the other hand, data sharing protocols mean the

I think that is a fair point. It is partially answered by whether a grant was received, but only partially. On the other hand, data sharing protocols mean the data is going to be made available, so I think that probably addresses that issue. The problem with pilot data is that lots of things can change in the course of running the pilot; tweaks of the experimental protocol, bug fixes to code, etc.