NIH Guide, Volume 26, Number 28, August 22, 1997
Notice: P.T. 34
Keywords:
Health Services Delivery
Grants Administration/Policy
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Beginning with the October 1997 receipt date, the Agency for
Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) will employ a streamlined
procedure at study section meetings and at special emphasis panel
meetings in which discussion of "noncompetitive"
applications is curtailed. The policy is consistent with the NIH
policy on triage for noncompetitive applications announced in the
NIH Guide, Volume 23, Number 34, September 23, 1994, which
was implemented with the October 1994 application receipt date.
Many of the applications discussed at study section and
special emphasis panel review meetings have no chance of being
scored in the fundable range, even with modifications. AHCPR
believes that using a triage approach will help streamline the
review process. Review committees will triage grant applications,
generally designating approximately half of the applications as
noncompetitive for support. Designation as noncompetitive
requires unanimous agreement of the review committee. For this
purpose, noncompetitive means that the application is judged to
be in the lower half, qualitatively, of the research project
grant applications reviewed by the committee. Applications
determined to be noncompetitive will not receive a full
discussion at the study section meeting and will not receive a
priority score.
The summary statement for an application determined to be
noncompetitive will consist of the customary administrative
information and the reviewers' critiques, verbatim. The summary
statement for an application that receives full discussion and a
score will include, in addition to the reviewers' critiques and
the administrative information, a "Resume and Summary of
Discussion" section which synopsizes the review committee's
discussion of the application.
Inquiries
For additional information about AHCPR's new triage process
for limiting discussion of noncompetitive applications at study
section and special emphasis panel meetings, contact Dr. Debbie
Rothstein, Office of Scientific Affairs, AHCPR, at (301)
427-1525.
Current as of November 1998
AHCPR Publication No. 97-R092
Send Questions & Comments to: https://info.ahrq.gov
Internet Citation:
New AHCPR Policy on Limiting Discussion of Noncompetitive Applications ("Triage"). AHCPR Publication No. 97-R092, November 1998. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/triage.htm