How will the awards to the centers and the partnerships be coordinated?
A. Center awards will be made based on the requested center budget, peer review recommendations, and NIH staff recommendations. Partnership awards will initially be made for the work to be conducted by the applicant research groups, only, and not including funds that are to be used in support of structure determination work at the centers. During the first few months of the award, the partners and centers will negotiate through the PSI:Biology Network Steering Committee to assign specific protein targets to specific centers. The funds to support the effort of the centers on those targets will then be awarded to the partners who will in turn establish consortium agreements with the centers for the work to be done.
