In addition to scientific merit and the availability of funds, the award criteria in the FOA include programmatic priorities. What does this mean?
A. It means that NIH staff will consider overall program goals in making funding decisions. For the high-throughput centers, foremost among the program goals is collaboration with the biology partnerships. For the membrane centers, a crucial goal is the methodology and technology development for structure determination of challenging membrane proteins for which the applicants have offered compelling justification. Another factor in funding decisions might relate to regional distribution in order to take advantage of the resources and scientific talents found across the nation. Scientific and personnel overlaps will be examined carefully. No more than one award will be made to the same principal investigator and other major investigators.
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