[Plsfaculty] FW: NIH Press Release - NIH Receives 20, 000 Applications for Challenge Grants Through the Recovery Act

Tue Jun 9 08:47:15 MST 2009

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Subject: NIH Press Release - NIH Receives 20,000 Applications for Challenge
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On June 8, 2009, NIH issued the following press release: 

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NIH Receives 20,000 Applications for Challenge Grants Through the Recovery
Act 
More Than 18,000 Scientists to be Involved in Peer Review Process 

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced today
that the National Institutes of Health received approximately 20,000
applications for Challenge Grants, a new program under the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). This large number of applications is
approximately equal to the total number of applications NIH receives in one
of the agency's three major review rounds each year. 

"President Obama is committed to supporting science and research that has
the potential to improve public health and save lives," said Secretary
Sebelius. "These grants and other Recovery Act investments will strengthen
our scientific community and help our economy grow as we create new jobs
invest in new laboratories, buildings and equipment." 

"These are exciting times for biomedical research and NIH," added Acting NIH
Director Raynard S. Kington, M.D., Ph.D. "We issued the Challenge Grant
Request for Applications and received the largest response in our history
from the scientific community, both in terms of applications and assistance
with the peer review process. Through the Challenge Grants, NIH will invest
in targeted research of the highest quality that will impact both economic
growth and human health." 

President Obama and Vice President Biden believe federally funded scientific
research should play an important role in advancing science and technology
in the classroom and in the lab. 

The Challenge Grant program is designed to spur new areas of research and
trigger an influx of research dollars into communities across the nation.
NIH requested applications on topics in fifteen broad scientific areas the
agency believes will benefit from a jumpstart or in which scientific
challenges need to be overcome. They include bioethics, translational
science, genomics, health disparities, enhancing clinical trials, behavioral
change and prevention, and regenerative medicine. 

The Center for Scientific Review (CSR) will check the applications for
compliance and review them in a two-phase process. Reviewers with expertise
in the specialized topic areas were recruited to do the first phase reviews.
Their reviews and the applications will be further assessed by one of about
30 study sections comprising researchers who will focus on overall
significance and impact. 

All Challenge Grant applications will receive a summary statement containing
critiques with criterion scores from three assigned reviewers. More than
18,000 scientists are expected to be involved in the Challenge Grant peer
review process. 

CSR typically reviews 16,000 applications with the help of about 8,000
reviewers in each of the three main yearly review rounds. Including
Challenge Grants and other ARRA grants, CSR will assess about 40,000
applications this round with about 28,000 reviewers. 

The deadline for Challenge Grant applications was April 27. Scores and
summary statements will be available in August 2009. Challenge Grant awards
will be issued by September 30, 2009. 

NIH expects to devote at least $200 million in ARRA funding to Challenge
Grants. In addition to the approximately 200 Challenge Grants that will be
funded by the NIH Office of the Director, it is likely that more than 200
ARRA-related grants will be funded by NIH Institutes or Centers. 

"Our scientists and their staff are unsung heroes, managing twice as
many applications in a very compressed time with great professionalism and
excellence," said CSR Director Dr. Toni Scarpa. "The response by the
scientific community also has been tremendous. The help is particularly
gratifying because it shows the value and respect that scientists have for
NIH peer review." 

The Center for Scientific Review organizes the peer review groups that
evaluate the majority of grant applications submitted to the National
Institutes of Health. CSR also receives all NIH and many Public Health
Service grant applications - about 80,000 a year - and assigns them to the
appropriate NIH Institutes and Centers and PHS agencies. CSR's primary
mission is to see NIH applications receive fair, independent, expert, and
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