What distinguishes the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award from R01 grants and other traditional NIH grant programs?
The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award program is different from traditional NIH grants in several ways. It is designed specifically to support unusually creative new investigators with highly innovative research ideas at an early stage of their career when they may lack the preliminary data required for an R01 grant. The emphasis is on innovation and creativity; preliminary data are not required, but may be included. No detailed, annual budget is requested in the application. The procedure for evaluating applicants’ qualifications (see Section C below) is distinct from the traditional NIH peer review “study section” process and will be based on review of the individual’s creativity, the innovativeness of the research approaches, and the potential of the project, if successful, to have a significant impact on an important biomedical or behavioral research problem.
The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award program is different from traditional NIH grants in several ways. It is designed specifically to support only a small group of unusually creative new investigators with highly innovative research ideas at an early stage of their career. The emphasis is on innovation and potential impact. Preliminary data are not required, but may be included. No detailed, annual budget is requested in the application. The procedure for evaluating applicants’ proposed projects and qualifications is distinct from the traditional NIH peer review “study section” process. (See Section E: Review Process, below.) The review is conducted electronically. The review criteria emphasize the importance and potential impact of the scientific problem in biomedical or behavioral research, the novelty and innovativeness of the approach, and evidence of the applicant’s potential for creative and innovative research as a “new investigator.
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