General
Interest-New NIH timeline; post until Feb. 1, 2009
Enhancing
Peer Review: The NIH Announces Updated Implementation Timeline
Notice Number: NOT-OD-09-023
Key Dates
Release Date: December 2, 2008
Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH), (http://www.nih.gov)
Background
The mission of the NIH is to support science in pursuit of
knowledge about the biology and behavior of living systems and to apply that
knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and
disability. As part of this mission, applications submitted to the NIH
for grants or cooperative agreements to support biomedical and behavioral
research are evaluated for scientific and technical merit through the NIH peer
review system. In June 2007, the NIH initiated a formal, agency-wide
effort to review the NIH peer review system (http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/).
After careful deliberation and consideration of the recommendations resulting
from this year-long effort, an initial implementation timeline for enhancing
peer review was announced earlier this year (NOT-OD-08-118; http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-118.html). Below
is the updated implementation timeline for key actions that will be implemented
in the NIH peer review system.
Implementation
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1.
Early
Stage Investigator (ESI) and New Investigator Policy (NOT-OD-09-013; http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-013.html)
2.
New
NIH Policy on Resubmissions (NOT-OD-09-003: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-003.html)
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May 2009 Review Meetings (for potential FY2010 funding) |
1.
9-Point
Scoring System 2.
Enhanced
Review Criteria 3.
Formatted
Reviewer Critiques 4.
Scoring
of Individual Review Criteria 5.
Clustering
of New Investigator Applications During Review |
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January 2010 Due Dates (for potential FY2011 funding) |
1.
Shorter
Applications for R01s and Other Mechanisms 2.
Restructured
Applications to Align with Review Criteria |
Additional
information is available in Guide Notices NOT-OD-09-024
“Enhancing Peer Review: The NIH Announces New Scoring Procedures for Evaluation
of Research Applications Received for Potential FY2010 Funding” and NOT-OD-09-025
“Enhancing Peer Review: The NIH Announces Enhanced Review Criteria for
Evaluation of Research Applications Received for Potential FY2010 Funding”.
Inquiries
Questions
should be directed to EnhancingPeerReview@mail.nih.gov.
For more information on NIH’s Enhancing Peer Review effort visit http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/.