Introduction

The Modular Grant Application Process was implemented on June 1, 1999. At the outset of its implementation, the research community was told that NIH would evaluate the modular grant application process several years after its implementation. NIH wanted to delay the evaluation until everyone involved with the process had some experience with it and NIH did not want an assessment of the process to be confounded by the learning process.

The two-phase modular grant evaluation (MS Word - 22.5 KB) took place between April 2003 and April 2005.

Methodology

• Sampling paper (MS Word - 50.5 KB)
• Modular Grants Outcome Evaluation Methodology (MS Word - 64.5 KB)

Surveys

• Principal Investigator Survey
• Peer Reviewer Survey
• Scientific Review Administrator Survey
• NIH Program and Grants Management Staff Survey
• Institutional Official Survey

Results - Overview

• Executive Summary (MS Word - 37 KB)
• Short Power Point Presentation – EPMC May 4, 2005 (PowerPoint - 165 KB)
• Long Power Point Presentation (PowerPoint - 223 KB)

Results – Highlights

• Highlights (MS Word - 427 KB)

Results – Specific Topics

• Other Support Results (MS Word - 22 KB)
• Just-in-Time Results (MS Word - 28 KB)

Results – Main Themes from Open-Ended Comments

• Principal Investigators (PDF - 92 KB)
• Peer Reviewers (PDF - 89 KB)
• Scientific Review Administrators (PDF - 83 KB)
• NIH Program and Grants Management Staff (PDF - 92 KB)
• Institutional Officials (PDF - 127 KB)

Results – All Open-Ended Comments

• Principal Investigators (PDF - 1.12 MB)
• Peer Reviewers (PDF - 618 KB)
• Scientific Review Administrators (PDF - 270 KB)
• NIH Program and Grants Management Staff (PDF - 1.34 MB)
• Institutional Officials (PDF - 548 KB)

Results – All Quantitative Results (Responses to Each Survey Item)

• Principal Investigators (PDF - 1.79 MB)
• Peer Reviewers (PDF - 1.33 MB)
• Scientific Review Administrators (PDF - 1.23 MB)
• NIH Program and Grants Management Staff (PDF - 2.76 MB)
• Institutional Officials (PDF - 1.44 MB)

Results from Current Modular Grant Data Analyses

• Appearance and Funding Rates for Modular and Non-Modular Grant Applications FY 2004 (Excel - 28 KB) or (PDF - 17 KB)
• Requested and Awarded Direct Cost Trends (Excel - 62 KB)
• Potential Effects of Increasing the Modular Grant Direct Costs Cap to $275K (PDF - 13 KB)
• Potential Effects Upon Number and Average Direct Costs for Competing R01 Awards
  under $250K Cap and $275K Cap (PDF - 10 KB)
• Estimating the Potential Effect on Competing R01 Modular Grant Applications with a Fixed Budget and a DC Cap Raised to $275K/Year (PDF - 12 KB)
• Trends in Competing R01 First-Year Direct Costs Requested, FY 2000 to FY 2004 (PDF - 14 KB)
• Competing R01 First-Year Direct Costs Requested Distributions, FY 2000 to FY 2004, Chart (PDF - 17 KB)
• Competing R01 First-Year Direct Costs Requested Distributions and Trends, FY 2000 to FY 2004, Table (PDF - 14 KB)
• Competing R01 Awards' First-Year Direct Costs Requested Distributions and Trends, FY 2000 to FY 2004, Table (PDF - 11 KB)
• Percentage of Competing R01 Modular Grant Applications Receiving Awards That Requested $250K in Direct Costs, FY 2000 to FY 2004 (PDF - 11 KB)
  

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