With so many applications submitted for the Challenge (RC1) initiative, how did NIH find enough reviewers?
The large number of Challenge applications received is approximately equal to the total number of applications that NIH receives in one of three major review round each year. This unprecedented response to a call for applications on the part of the scientific community and its unprecedented response to a call for reviewers are powerful testimony to the strength of the NIH peer review system, the willingness of our extramural colleagues to support it through reviewer service, and the ability of our NIH staff to sustain such an increase in workload while maintaining the core values and integrity of NIH peer review. It is important to note that this unprecedented achievement not only accommodated the largest number of applications that the agency has received in response to any funding opportunity or in any single funding cycle but also met a compressed deadline for finishing the reviews. NIH was able to achieve efficiency and ensure quality and timeliness by using a shorter grant applica
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