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| Initiative | A request for applications (RFA), request for proposals (RFP), or program announcement (PA) stating the Institute or Center's interest in receiving research applications in a given area because of a programmatic need or scientific opportunity. RFAs and RFPs generally have monies set aside to fund the applications responding to them; program announcements generally do not.
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| Institutes and Centers | Major NIH organizations: institutes, such as NIAID, and centers, such as the Fogarty International Center.
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| Integrated Review Group (IRG) Cluster
| A collection of Scientific Review Groups that are united loosely by a common theme.
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| Integrated Review Group
| A cluster of study sections responsible for the review of grant applications in scientifically related areas. These study sections share common intellectual and human resources.
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| Interactive research project grant | An award made to two or more investigators funded independently as R01 grantees but brought together as a collaborative group receiving additional support for collaborative work, shared resources, or the exchange of ideas.
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| Interagency agreement | Formal agreement among government agencies to collaborate on and fund research; Y series activity code.
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| Intramural research | Research conducted by, or in support of, employees of the NIH.
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| Investigator-initiated research | Research funded as a result of an investigator, on his or her own, submitting a research application. Also known as unsolicited research. Unsolicited applications are reviewed by chartered CSR review committees. Its opposite is targeted research. See Targeted Research.
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| IRG Recommendation
| Codes identifying the IRG recommendations. 1=scored; 2=NRFC; 3=deferred; 4=no recommendation; 5=competitive (unscored triage review) warrants further review; 6=non-competitive (unscored triage review) not likely to be considered for funding.
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