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Underrepresented Group: Group underrepresented in biomedical research, such as people with disabilities, people from disadvantaged backgrounds, and racial and ethnic groups such as blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaskan Natives, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.
Unscored: In the peer review process, applications that are judged by a study section to be non-competitive (i.e., generally in the lower half of the applications to be reviewed) are unscored. These applications are not given a priority score, although they are reviewed and applicants do receive a summary statement.
Unsolicited Research: See Investigator-Initiated Research.
