The grant review process

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The grant review process

• NIH - Center for Scientific Review
• NIH - Institute study sections
• NIH Special study sections
• Foundations Heart, Cancer, Diabetes, MD, others
• Fellowships and career awards

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CSR The study sectioncomposition

• Meet 3 times each year
• Chair community scientist
• Exec Sec NIH career employee
• Admin personnel
• Membership Regular members, ad hoc members
  15-25 members

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CSR The study sectioncomposition

• Select study section ahead of time from CSR
  website. (about 80 success)
• Chair community scientist - dont contact
• Exec Sec NIH career employee contact person
  if you are unhappy with assignment or if you have
  new info pertinent to the grant after the
  submission date.

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NIH study section

• Meets for 2 - 3 days
• Reviews 60 90 grants
• Primary and secondary reviewer written comments
  and recommendations prepared and submitted ahead
  of time
• Readers
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NIH study section

• Day of the meeting
• Discussion of Triage
• Review of grants - Math 75 grants 2 written
  reviews of each 150 reviews that are read or
  summarized
• Discussion generally not more than 15 mins/grant
• Scores from primary, secondary other comments.

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NIH study section

• Day of the meeting
• Budget consideration
• Animal or Human ethical issues
• high risk/ high impact

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NIH study section

• The response to review
• Read carefully
• Respond to everything thoughtfully
• Keep emotion out of it
• Switching study sections - ups and downs

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NIH study section

• Serving on study sections
• Do it if asked as an ad hoc
• Regular member only if your time is available
  (minimum 40 hrs 3 times each year preparation
  time plus 6 days at NIH plus travel time)