“Well, that’s peer review!”

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Who Are the Peer Reviewers?

Senior Researchers Well-funded by NIH or Other Agencies Well-published, recognized in the field Associate Professor or higher

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Scientific Review Group orStudy Section Actions

Scored, Scientific Merit Rating (priority scores and percentiles)

Unscored (lower half)Deferral

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What Determines WhichAwards Are Made?

Scientific merit

Program Considerations

Availability of funds

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Important things to remember… Contact a Program Official BEFORE you submit – they

are your coaches, advocates, and advisors Always read the instructions, and double check your

deadlines Detail detail detail MOST investigators do NOT get the grant first time

they apply Do what you like best, but pay attention to funders’

priorities too.

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Important things to remember…

Always cite your grant by Funding Agency(ies) and grant number (This is used to judge the productivity of the network or program within which you are funded).

Plan ahead to avoid a gap in funding between grants; plan for at least one revision.

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Current PA’s for specific grant mechanisms

R03, Small Grants (PA-03-108)http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03-108.html

R15, AREA grants, (PA-03-053)http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03-053.html R21, Exploratory/Devel. Grants, (PA-03-107)http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03-107.html

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Why should I read Past Solicitations? Why should I read Past Solicitations?

Past solicitations from Past solicitations from The The NIH Guide to Grants and NIH Guide to Grants and ContractsContracts indicate areas of indicate areas of science an institute has science an institute has recently had special recently had special interest in… Contact the interest in… Contact the program official about program official about investigator-initiated investigator-initiated submissions.submissions.

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“You miss 100% of the shots you never take.”

Wayne Gretzky

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Consider ALL Funding Sources Grants,Gov sponsored by HHS but covering all

of US Govt, http://www.grants.gov/ National Science Foundation

http://www.nsf.gov/ US Dept of Education

http://www.ed.gov/ The Foundation Center

http://fdncenter.org/

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Web Sites of Interest

National Institutes of Health (http://www.nih.gov)

Office of Extramural Research (http://www.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm)

Grants Policy (http://www.nih.gov/grants/policy/policy.htm)

Center for Scientific Review (http://www.csr.nih.gov)

Referral and Review (http://www.csr.nih.gov/refrev.htm)Overview of Peer Review Process (http://www. csr.nih.gov/review/peerrev.htm)

CSR Study Section Rosters (http://www.csr.nih.gov/committees/rosterindex.asp)

NIH Peer Review Notes (http://www.csr.nih.gov/prnotes/prnotes.htm)

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Peggy McCardle, PhD, MPH

For More Information See…For More Information See…www.nichd.nih.gov/crmc/cdb/cdb.htm

E-MAIL: PM43Q@NIH.GOVPM43Q@NIH.GOV

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