Got the Score and Reviews: What Next? Celebrate

or Revise and Resubmit

OverallImpactScoreandCriterionScore“Disconnect”

•  O"entheoverallimpactscoredoesnotappeartoreflecttheindividualcriterionscores

•  Noformulaforcalcula7ngoverallimpactscorefromcriterionscores

•  Criterionscoresarepostedbyeachreviewerpriortothemee7ng,whereastheoverallscoreistheresultofscoringa"erdiscussionofthegrantandreflectsthemeanoftheen7rereviewpanel

ScoresandReviews•  ScorespostedonCommonsusually1-2days•  Summarystatementpostednolaterthan30days•  WaitforyoursummarystatementbeforecallingNIH•  Forques7onsa"eryoureceiveyoursummarystatement,call

yourassignedProgramOfficer(PO),usuallyini7ale-mailtoarrangeaphonecall–  ThelikelihoodofNIHfundingtheapplica7on–  Furtherdiscussionofthereviewers’comments(thePOmayhavebeen

presentatthereview)–  Whattoaddressinyourresubmissionapplica7on,ifthisisyourfirst

submission–  Theacceptablebasesforappealingthepeerreviewprocess–  Howtodevelopanewapplica7on,ifyourresubmissionwasnot

successful

AwardPaylines•  KAwardscoresareranked,andacutoffscoreisdeterminedbasedonthenumberofapplica7onsthatcanbefundedbyapar7cularins7tute

•  Percen7lesaregenerallynotusedforKawards•  Payline(impactscoreorpercen7lerankingatwhichlikelihoodoffundinggoesfromhightolow)isnotaguaranteeoffunding

•  Someins7tutecouncilsmayskiporreachbeyondapplica7onswithintheirpaylinetofundapplica7onstomaintainmissionfocus,balanceporToliosorlimitredundancy

Just-in-Time(JIT)Request

•  MaybeaskedtosubmitIRB/IACUCapprovals,updatedotherfundinginforma7on,etc.

•  Shouldnotbeconstruedasanindicatorofapossibleaward

•  Requestissentautoma7callyifoverallimpactscoreis40orbe\er

FiscalYear AcEvityCode NIHInsEtute/Center

NumberofApplicaEonsReviewed

NumberofApplicaEonsAwarded SuccessRate2 TotalFunding3

2015 K01 AcEvityTotal 598 201 33.6% $28,444,404

2015 K08 AcEvityTotal 430 170 39.5% $26,471,252

2015 K01 NHLBI 53 21 39.6% $2,887,226

2015 K01 NIDDK 104 50 48.1% $6,820,325

2015 K01 NIAID 15 5 33.3% $674,412

2015 K08 NHLBI 85 43 50.6% $5,587,560

2015 K08 NIDDK 59 32 54.2% $4,845,540

2015 K08 NIAID 49 22 44.9% $3,879,365

2015 K23 NHLBI 94 36 38.3% $5,393,783

2015 K23 NIDDK 73 33 45.2% $5,589,431

2015 K23 NIAID 32 11 34.4% $1,941,510

2015 K99 NHLBI 111 27 24.3% $3,094,830

2015 K23 AcEvityTotal 589 206 35.0% $33,702,155

2015 K99 NIDDK 31 8 25.8% $727,077

2015 K99 NIAID 44 7 15.9% $771,330

2015 K99 AcEvityTotal 932 208 22.3% $22,826,322

2015KAwardSuccessRates

NoEceofAward

•  SenttoyouonCommonsandtoyourins7tu7ona"eryourins7tute’scouncilmee7ngandfinalfundingdecisionsaremade

•  O"enasignificantreduc7onfromoriginalamountrequested(e.g.,15%)

•  Celebratewhenthe“checkisinthebank”

ResubmissionPolicy•  Oneresubmissionofanunfundedapplica7on•  Followinganunsuccessfulresubmission(A1)applica7on,applicantsmaysubmitthesameideaasanew(A0)applica7onforthenextappropriatenewapplica7onduedate

•  Resubmissions(A1)mustbesubmi\edwithin37monthsofthenew(A0)applica7on

•  NIHwillnotassessthesimilarityofthescienceinthenew(A0)applica7ontoanypreviouslyreviewedsubmissionwhenaccep7nganapplica7onforreview

RevisedApplicaEonIntroducEonPage

•  Point-by-pointsummaryofresponsestoreviewsandrevisionsintheresubmission

•  Emphasizeresponsestomajorconcerns,buttrytoaddressallconcerns

•  Notetheprovisionofnewdataandexperimentswhereneeded

•  Keeptoneapprecia7veofthefeedbackandrespecTulandnotargumenta7vewhenthereisdisagreement

RevisedApplicaEons•  A“thickskin”isessen7al•  Gethelpandadvicefromyourmentor(s),collaboratorsandpre-submissionreviewers

•  Almostalwaysbe\ertowaitanothercycleandsubmitastrongrevisedapplica7onthatrushtomakethenextdeadline

•  Anapplica7oncangofrom“notdiscussed”toanoutstandingscoreandfundinga"ercarefulrevisionandresubmission

RevisedApplicaEon•  Paya\en7ontosubmissiondeadlinesforrevisedapplica7onsastheyaredifferentfromthoseofnewapplica7ons

•  ChecktheUTHSCNIHgrantdeadlineschedule•  CFRIishappytohelpwithallaspectsofarevisedgrantsubmission

•  LetusknowASAPofyourplansforresubmission

•  Allow7meforpre-reviewandconsulta7onthesameasforanewapplica7on

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