Enhancing Peer Review at NIH - Shortening and Restructuring Applications

Shortening and Restructuring Applications

Background
Shorter (12-page research plan) R01 applications (with other activity codes scaled appropriately) will be restructured to align with review criteria for January 2010 receipt dates. Length of applications and strategy sections for other activity codes will be scaled appropriately.

Frequently Asked Questions

As an applicant, when will I be submitting shorter applications?
Do the page limits vary by kind of application?
I am doing a project involving HS. How do I tell if I am eligible for the extra 6 pages and what am I allowed to include?
Why is the R01 application being restructured to align with the review criteria?
Will the other Activity codes follow suit?
Will I have to upload different PDFs to accommodate the new format of the Research Plan?
I will never be able to condense my science into 12 pages.
I feel at a disadvantage as a new investigator since NIH will eliminate a resubmission, shorten the page length and give a score to a streamlined application without much feedback, and ask me to align my application with the review criteria. Why all these changes at once?

This page was last reviewed on December 3, 2008