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| SBIR Phase I
| SBIR Phase I is to establish the technical merit and feasibility and potential for commercialization of the proposed R/R&D efforts and to determine the quality of performance of the small business awardee organization prior to providing further Federal support in Phase II.
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| SBIR Phase II
| SBIR Phase II is to continue the R/R&D efforts initiated in Phase I. Funding is based on the results achieved in Phase I and the scientific and technical merit and commercial potential of the project proposed in Phase II.
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| Scientific Review Group | The first level of a two-stage peer review system. These legislatively mandated panels of subject matter experts are established according to scientific discipline or medical specialty. Their primary function is the review and rating of research grant applications for scientific and technical merit. They make recommendations for the appropriate level of support and duration of award. Also known as Study Section.
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| Scored Application | In the peer review process, applications judged by a study section to be competitive, i.e., generally in the upper half of the applications reviewed. These applications are assigned a priority score and forwarded to the appropriate Institute/Center for the second level of review.
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| Small Business Innovation Research | An award designed to support projects from small businesses ultimately having commercial viability. For the computation of success rates, SBIR awards are not included in the count of RPGs.
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| Small Business Innovation Research Fast Track
| SBIR award that allows concurrent submission and review of phase I and phase II grant applications to reduce a potential funding gap between phase I and phase II.
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| Small Business Technology Transfer Research | A 3-year pilot program begun in FY 1994 under the Small Business Innovation Research Program designed to foster technological innovations through cooperative efforts between small business and research institutions. The STTR grants are awarded for projects having potential for commercialization. For the computation of success rates, STTR awards are not included in the count of RPGs.
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| Specialized/comprehensive center
| A research center funding mechanism. Specialized Centers support any part of the full range of research from very basic to clinical; they may involve ancillary support activities such as protracted patient care necessary to the primary research or limited core facilities. Support activities are designed to enhance multidisciplinary studies on a specific disease entity or biomedical problem area. Comprehensive centers support a multipurpose unit designed to unite divergent but related research activities and facilities within a given community. It may be based in a university or involve other locally available resources such as hospitals, computer facilities, regional centers, and primate colonies.
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| Stipend | A payment made to an individual under a fellowship or training grant in accordance with pre-established levels to provide for the individual's living expenses during the period of training. A stipend is not considered compensation for the services expected of an employee.
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| Subproject | A subproject may include a scientific investigation, the provision of a service or resource, or a combination of activities and receives a specific review assignment and assessment (score and/or descriptor). Most commonly, subprojects are part of the M, P, S, and U mechanisms.
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| Success Rate | Indicates the percentage of reviewed RPG applications receiving funding computed on a fiscal year basis. It is determined by dividing the number of competing applications funded by the sum of the total number of competing applications reviewed and the number of funded carryovers.
NOTE: Applications having one or more amendments in the same fiscal year are only counted once. Success rate computations exclude SBIR/STTRs. |
| Success Rate Base | Roughly the number of grant applications funded by an NIH institute, divided by the number of applications referred to it that were peer reviewed. Applications resubmitted during the fiscal year are counted only once.
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| Superfund research | The Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP) is a network of university grants that are designed to seek solutions to the complex health and environmental issues associated with the Nation's hazardous waste sites. The research conducted by the SBRP is a coordinated effort with the Environmental Protection Agency, which is the federal entity charged with cleaning up the worst hazardous waste sites in the country. The SBRP is federally funded and administered by the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences.
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| Supplement | A request for additional funds either for the current operating year or for any future year recommended previously. Also known as a Type 3 application or award, a supplement can be either non-competing (administrative) or competing (subject to peer review).
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| Support Year
| Current period of grant support, e.g. 05 is the 5th year of grant support; 09 would be the 9th year of project support.
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