What happens after the scientific review and how are funding decisions made?
After the scientific review, the priority scores, the Summary Statements, and the applications themselves will be sent to the program staff. Because this is a Roadmap Initiative, an NIH-wide Project Team consisting of representatives from across NIH’s Institutes and Centers will meet to discuss the applications. This Team will come to a consensus regarding which applications it recommends for funding. This list of recommendations is known as a funding plan. The funding plan will be reviewed by senior leadership of the NIH Roadmap initiative. The National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse will be responsible for the second level of review, concurring or not with the recommendations of the initial peer review. Council concurrence is needed before an application can be funded. Funding decisions are based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the score provided by the review committee and programmatic interests and needs.
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