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The next meeting of our Advisory Council is later this week. For more information on Council activities, see these previous Feedback Loop posts: The Advisory Council’s Critical Roles, an overview of the types of input Council members provide to NIGMS “Did Council Fund My Grant?”, a discussion of the Advisory Council’s role in making funding [...]
Filed under: Meetings/Events, Peer Review
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2013/01/23/advisory-council-meeting/
Study sections review applications three times a year, about halfway between the submission date and the second level of review by an advisory council. We are currently in the midst of the review cycle for the January 2013 Council meeting, which means that applicants will be getting their summary statements soon. A recent post described [...]
Filed under: Peer Review, Resources
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2012/10/23/discussing-your-applications-review-with-your-program-director/
To address questions that investigators frequently ask about the review of their applications and the next steps after review, NIH recently created an online resource, titled Next Steps. It has also added a link to this new Web site on summary statements, just below the impact score and percentile. Questions include: What does the score [...]
Filed under: Peer Review, Resources
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2012/09/27/faqs-on-application-review-next-steps/
This is a question we’re often asked shortly after the NIGMS Advisory Council meets in January, May and September. The short answer is: No. Here’s why. As described in a previous post, our Council provides a second level of peer review of applications assigned to NIGMS. It is not a second study section. Instead, the [...]
Filed under: Meetings/Events, Peer Review
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2012/06/25/did-council-fund-my-grant/
One of the most common questions that applicants ask after a review is why the overall impact score is not the average of the individual review criterion scores. I’ll try to explain the reasons in this post. What is the purpose of criterion scores? Criterion scores assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of an application [...]
Filed under: Peer Review
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2012/02/07/why-overall-impact-scores-are-not-the-average-of-criterion-scores/
Of all the institutes and centers at NIH, NIGMS receives the most Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA, R15) applications and funds the most AREA grants. This is probably because the faculty and students at eligible institutions, which have not been major recipients of NIH research grant funds, typically focus on basic research using model organisms [...]
Filed under: Funding Opportunities, Peer Review, Research Administration
Permalink: https://loop.nigms.nih.gov/index.php/2012/02/02/addressing-additional-review-criteria-questions-for-area-applications/
