Notice to Change Locus of Review for NIDA’s Career Development (K) Award Applications

Notice Number: NOT-DA-12-005

Release Date: December 14, 2011

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

NIDA is in the process of transitioning the review of all of its Career Development award applications (with the exception of K12 and K99/R00 applications) to the Center for Scientific Review (CSR). The following Career Development award applications will be affected by this change in locus of review:

• K01 Mentored research scientist development award
• K02 Independent scientist award
• K05 Senior scientist research and mentorship award
• K08 Mentored clinical scientist research career development award
• K23 Mentored patient-oriented research career development award
• K24 Midcareer investigator in patient-oriented research award
• K25 Mentored quantitative research development award

The first applications to transition to CSR review will be new applications submitted for the February 12, 2012 receipt date (May 7, 2012 for new AIDS applications). 

Resubmitted (A1) Career Development award applications for the March 12, 2012 and July 12, 2012 receipt dates (for resubmitted AIDS applications, the receipt dates are May 7, 2012 and September 7, 2012) will be reviewed by NIDA’s Training and Career Development (NIDA-K) Review Committee.   For subsequent review and award cycles, however, resubmitted applications will also be reviewed at CSR.

Thus, beginning with applications submitted for the October 12, 2012 receipt date and thereafter, this transition will have been completed and all Career Development award applications (except K12 and K99/R00 applications), whether new or resubmissions, will be reviewed at CSR.

The November, 2012 Review will be the last time that the NIDA-K Review Committee will review resubmitted (A1) applications for the affected mechanisms listed above. Candidates seeking NIDA-K Committee review for their resubmission applications previously reviewed by this Committee must resubmit their applications by July 12, 2012 (September 7, 2012 for AIDS resubmissions).

Review and Award Cycle	Receipt dates	Review dates	Council date	Earliest project start date
III 2011	October 12, 2011 new applications November 12, 2011 resubmissions January 7, 2012 AIDS applications	February / March, 2012	May, 2012	July, 2012
I 2012	February 12, 2012 new applications March 12, 2012 resubmissions May 7, 2012 AIDS applications	June / July, 2012	October, 2012	December, 2012
II 2012	June 12, 2012 new applications July 12, 2012 resubmissions September 7, 2012 AIDS applications	October / November, 2012	January, 2013	April, 2013
III 2012	October 12, 2012 new applications November 12, 2012 resubmissions January 7, 2013 AIDS applications	February / March, 2013	May, 2013	July, 2013

Table 1: standard due dates and review/award cycles for competing applications.

Table 2: transition to CSR review. New Career Development Award applications submitted for the Cycle I, 2012 receipt dates will be transitioning first, followed by resubmitted Career Development Award applications submitted for the Cycle III, 2012 receipt dates.

Please direct all inquiries to:

Peer Review Contact:

Eliane Lazar-Wesley, Ph.D.
Scientific Review Officer
Office of Extramural Affairs
National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, DHHS
6001 Executive Blvd
Rm 4245-MSC 9550
Bethesda, MD 20892-9550
Phone: (301) 451-4530
Email: el6r@nih.gov

Program Contact:

Mimi M. Ghim, Ph.D.
Office of Science Policy and Communications
National Institute on Drug Abuse
6001 Executive Blvd., Room 5232, MSC 9591
Bethesda, MD  20892-9591
Telephone: (301) 443-6071
E-mail: ghimm@nida.nih.gov