How will the Clinical Skills Development Core be reviewed?
A Clinical Research Skills Development Core will be reviewed on its own merits and scored separately from the CC application. The Clinical Research Skills Development Core is not a required component of a CC and its absence will not disadvantage an applicant. The priority score for the Core will be determined after the review of the main CC application and the review of the Core will have no effect on the overall score of an application. If a CC application includes a request for a Skills Development Core, then the Core should be mentioned in both the Abstract and the Table of Contents. Up to four additional pages may be used to describe the proposed Clinical Research Skills Development Core. The Core proposal should be inserted in the Network application at the end of the Research Plan. This text will not be counted toward the 25-page limit for the total Research Plan specified by the Form 398 instructions. Requests for Clinical Skills Development Core funds should not be included in
