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NOT-OD-13-010 - Advance Notice: Revised Policy for Managing Conflict of Interest in the Initial Peer Review of NIH Grant and Cooperative Agreement Applications

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Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health (OD)

Purpose

This Notice removes section II.B.5 Applicants to an RFA from NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-13-010 "Advanced Notice: Revised Policy for Managing Conflict of Interest in the Initial Peer Review of NIH Grant and Cooperative Agreement Applications .

Policy

Through this Notice, the NIH removes the following statement from NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-13-010:

Unless a deviation from a limitation set forth in this Section B is granted by the DDER*, an investigator who participates with a major professional role on an application submitted in response to an RFA, or a Federal employee subject to one of the above-stated limitations in relation to an application submitted in response to an RFA, may not serve as a reviewer of that application or other applications submitted in response to the same RFA ( out of the SRG or "may not serve"). Federal employee reviewers seeking a deviation based on limitations 1 or 2 must also seek a waiver or authorization through their ethics official.

Conflicts for reviewers of applications submitted to Requests for Applications (RFAs) will be managed as outlined in remaining sections of NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-13-010. Therefore, an individual who participates with a major professional role on an application submitted in response to a particular RFA, or a Federal employee subject to one of the other limitations stated in the Guide Notice, may not serve as a reviewer on the Scientific Review Group where the application is reviewed.

*Deputy Director for Extramural Research

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Sally A. Amero, Ph.D.
NIH Review Policy Officer
[email protected]