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Published online 4 August 2009 | 460, 676 (2009) | doi:10.1038/460676a
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Grant scores leave applicants in limbo
Top-rated research must wait until September for NIH funding decision.
Applicants for the coveted Challenge Grants issued by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act learned the peer-review scores for their proposals late last month. Yet they received little in the way of certainty over whether those scores will translate into money come September, when the NIH will announce which grants it plans to fund.
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I got a 5%tile, and the PO told me the same thing. On the other hand, just wait for the September submission date, the regular RO1, R21 applications will jammed the NIH internet like it did at the time of RC1 submission. Why? Those who did not get RC1, RC1 funded, will certainly send it again. The sad thing is the payline will drop for the next few years. Mark my word on it.