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Recommended | Designation given by a study section advising funding of an application. The application gets a priority score and summary statement. Roughly the top half of applications being reviewed are recommended for funding.
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Request for Applications (RFA) | An RFA is a formal statement that solicits grant or cooperative agreement applications in a well-defined scientific area to accomplish specific program objectives. An RFA indicates the estimated amount of funds set aside for the competition, the estimated number of awards to be made, whether cost sharing is required, and the application submission date(s). For cooperative agreements, the RFA will describe the responsibilities and obligations of NIH and awardees as well as joint responsibilities and obligations. Applications submitted in response to an RFA are usually reviewed by a Scientific Review Group (SRG) specially convened by the awarding component that issued the RFA. |
Request for Proposals (RFP) | Announces that NIH would like to award a contract to meet a specific need, such as the development of an animal model. RFPs have a single application receipt date and are published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts.
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Research center grant
| Center grants are awarded to institutions on behalf of program directors and groups of collaborating investigators. They support long-term, multi-disciplinary programs of research and development.
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Research Centers in Minority Institutions
| A research center funding mechanism. Grants to support the development and enhancement of the research infrastructure of predominantly minority institutions that grant doctoral degrees in the health professions or in a health-related science, to enable them to become more competitive in seeking NIH and PHS research project grant support.
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Research Grants | Extramural awards made for Other Research Grants, Research Centers , Research Projects, and SBIR/STTRs. Includes the following: R,P,M,S,K,U series (excluding UC6), DP1, DP2, D42, G12.
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Research Project Grant | An award made to an institution/organization to support discrete, specified, circumscribed projects to be performed by named investigators in areas representing their specific interest and competencies. NIH’s most commonly used grant program is the Research Project Grant Program (R01). See Types of Grant Programs. |
Research Project Grant (RPG) | An award made to an institution/organization to support discrete, specified, circumscribed projects to be performed by named investigators in areas representing their specific interest and competencies. NIH’s most commonly used grant program is the Research Project Grant Program (R01). |
Resubmission | An application that has been previously submitted, but was not funded, and is being resubmitted for new consideration. Applicants must make significant changes to the application and can only resubmit once the summary statement is available. Additional policies on resubmissions can be found in the applicable Application Instruction Guide. The previous NIH term was "revision." A resubmission has a suffix in its application identification number, e.g., A1. |
Review cycle | Refers to the Center for Scientific Review's thrice yearly initial peer review cycle, from the receipt of applications to the date of the review. See Standard Receipt Dates. |
Revision
| As defined in the Federalwide SF424 (R&R): An application that proposes a change in 1) the Federal Government's financial obligations or contingent liability from an existing obligation, or 2) any other change in the terms and conditions of the existing award. Note in general for NIH applicants, #2 would not require the submission of another application. NIH grantees use revision applications to request an increase in support in a current budget period for expansion of the project's approved scope or research protocol. Applicants must apply and undergo peer review. The previous NIH term was "competing supplemental." NOTE: The former NIH term "revision," is now "resubmission". A revision has a suffix in its application identification number; e.g., S1. |
Roadmap Initiative | See Common Fund. |
Roadmap Theme
| There are three NIH Roadmap themes: New Pathways to Discovery, Research Teams of the Future, and Re-engineering the Clinical Research Enterprise.
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Ruth L. Kirschstein Training Award, Individual
| National Research Service Award (NRSA) F30, F31, F32, F33 award mechanisms. These fellowships are awarded to qualified individuals at the predoctoral, postdoctoral, or senior investigator level to pursue full-time research training in designated biomedical or behavioral science areas.
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Ruth L. Kirschstein Training Award, Institutional
| National Research Service Award (NRSA) T32, T34, T35 award mechanisms. These awards are made to domestic institutions that have the facilities and faculty to provide for research training programs in scientific specialties. Grant funds may be used for personnel, equipment, supplies, trainee stipends (both pre- and postdoctoral), and related costs.
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Ruth L. Kirschstein Training Awards (NRSA) | Awards to both individuals and institutions to provide research training in specified health-related areas. Go to Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Research Training Grants and Fellowships . |
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