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Inclusion plans. You have questions. We have answers. NIH’s Inclusion Policy Officer Dawn Corbett covers inclusion plans during peer review and post-award in Part 2 of this NIH All About Grants podcast miniseries. Want to know what is scientifically appropriate as it relates to inclusion, and how reviewers are looking at it? What about the ins and outs on progress reporting? And if you have concerns about enrollment in your funded study, what should you do? Well, as a start, put on your earbuds and listen.
"Reviewers will look] did you provide all the information that you were supposed to provide?... Did you include the table so that they have enough information in [there] they're going to be looking at? Is it scientifically appropriate?... Why [did] you picked the study population, and did you provide enough information for them to understand that? And… is it realistic?" – Dawn Corbett
Part 1 tells us how to consider inclusion plans when putting together your application. Interested in this topic? Learn more in our related podcasts on the Inclusion Across the Lifespan policy and valid/stratified analysis.