What review criteria and scoring system will be used for the ARRA Funding opportunities?
The new, 9-point scoring system, including criterion scoring where applicable, will be used for all ARRA programs. For Challenge Grants and other research project grants, the enhanced review criteria (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-054.html) will be used. For ARRA applications for non-research project grants, such as construction and instrumentation grants, the review criteria listed in the active FOA will be used. For ARRA Competitive Revisions, the standard review criteria for the grants activity (i.e., R01, R21, R03, U01, P20, P50, T32, S10, etc.) will be used. No special review criteria that were applied to the announcement for which the original parent application was submitted will be considered. However, the application will be considered in the context of the parent grant. The committee will consider the scientific merit of the new work proposed and the appropriateness of the proposed expansion of the scope of the parent project. Note that the enhance
