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| Recommended | Designation given by a study section advising funding of an application. The application gets a priority score and summary statement. Roughly the top half of applications being reviewed are recommended for funding.
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| Request for applications | The official statement inviting grant or cooperative agreement applications to accomplish a specific program purpose. RFAs indicate the amount of funds set aside for the competition and generally identify a single application receipt date.
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| Request for proposals | Announces that NIH would like to award a contract to meet a specific need, such as the development of an animal model. RFPs have a single application receipt date and are published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts.
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| Research center grant
| Center grants are awarded to institutions on behalf of program directors and groups of collaborating investigators. They support long-term, multi-disciplinary programs of research and development.
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| Research Centers in Minority Institutions
| A research center funding mechanism. Grants to support the development and enhancement of the research infrastructure of predominantly minority institutions that grant doctoral degrees in the health professions or in a health-related science, to enable them to become more competitive in seeking NIH and PHS research project grant support.
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| Research Grants | Extramural awards made for Other Research Grants, Research Centers , Research Projects, and SBIR/STTRs. Includes the following: R,P,M,S,K,U series (excluding UC6), DP1, DP2, D42, G12.
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| Research management and support | Technical and administrative services including central administration, overall program direction, grant and contract administration, human resources, program coordination and financial management
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| Research Project | Includes the following selected Research Grant and Cooperative Agreement activities: R01, R03, R15, R21, R22, R23, R29, R33, R34, R35, R36, R37, R55, R56, RC1, P01, P42, PN1, U01, U19, UC1, NIGMS P41. Exceptions: In 1980 & 1981 activity code U01 was not a research project; from 1989 until 1992 activity code R55 was not a research project; in 1986 NINR did not have any research projects; from 1984 until 1989 NCRR did not have any research projects; FIC did not have any research projects until 1994; from 1991 until 1996 NCRR did not consider R21s research projects; NLM never had any research projects; in FY 2002 P41s were not RPGs for NIGMS. |
| Research Project Grant | Supports discrete, specified, circumscribed projects to be performed by named investigators in areas representing their specific interest and competencies.
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| Resubmission | Grants.gov term for a grant application resubmitted to NIH after a PI applicant who did not succeed in getting funded revises it based on feedback from the initial peer review. NIH term was "revision."
Each resubmission has an entry in its application identification number, e.g., A1, A2. NIH limits applicants to two resubmissions.
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| Review cycle | Refers to the Center for Scientific Review's thrice yearly initial peer review cycle, from the receipt of applications to the date of the review. See Standard Receipt Dates. |
| Reviewing IC | Institute/Center responsible for the review of an application.
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| Revision
| Grants.gov term for money added to a grant to expand its scope or meet needs of a research protocol. Applicants must apply and undergo peer review.
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| Roadmap Initiative | Identifies applications which are responsive to the NIH Roadmap initiative
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| Roadmap Theme
| There are three NIH Roadmap themes: New Pathways to Discovery, Research Teams of the Future, and Re-engineering the Clinical Research Enterprise.
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| Ruth L. Kirschstein Training Award, Individual
| National Research Service Award (NRSA) F30, F31, F32, F33 award mechanisms. These fellowships are awarded to qualified individuals at the predoctoral, postdoctoral, or senior investigator level to pursue full-time research training in designated biomedical or behavioral science areas.
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| Ruth L. Kirschstein Training Award, Institutional
| National Research Service Award (NRSA) T32, T34, T35 award mechanisms. These awards are made to domestic institutions that have the facilities and faculty to provide for research training programs in scientific specialties. Grant funds may be used for personnel, equipment, supplies, trainee stipends (both pre- and postdoctoral), and related costs.
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| Ruth L. Kirschstein Training Awards (NRSA) | Awards to both individuals and institutions to provide research training in specified health-related areas. Go to Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Research Training Grants and Fellowships .
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