Who
will review my application and when?
Your clinical grant application is assigned for review to
either CSR or to an NHLBI Review group. CSR reviews most
R01s, R21s, pre and postdoctoral fellowships, and small business
applications. In 2005, the number of grants submitted to
NIH grew to 73,000 with 52,000 of these being reviewed by
CSR. NHLBI review groups handle applications that have
Institute-specific features such as program projects, training
grants, career development awards, responses to Requests
for Applications and some clinical studies.
The Peer
Review Process is an excellent CSR overview of the
process for assignment and review of your application. A
short video called Inside
the Grant Process (39 minutes) will help give you a
glimpse into a study section meeting and the peer review
process at NIH. CSR presents Descriptions
of the Integrated Review Groups, Study Sections and Small
Business Activities to give applicants a better understanding
of the organization and function of the review groups.
Multi-center clinical applications
are assigned to an NHLBI review group, the Clinical
Trials Review Committee (CLTR). CLTR is a standing
committee composed of experts in heart, lung and blood diseases
with biostatisticians and ad hoc reviewers. The review
criteria and process is similar to CSR with the standard
scoring system. CLTR meets three times a year in February,
June and October in which new AND amended applications are
reviewed.
Your application will be reviewed approximately 4 months after
the receipt date. |
