NEW AHCPR POLICY ON LIMITING DISCUSSION OF NONCOMPETITIVEAPPLICATIONS ("TRIAGE")

 

NIH GUIDE, Volume 26, Number 28, August 22, 1997

 

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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 301-594-1452 x1606.

 

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