Preparing for Funding Opportunities Using the Simplified Review Framework  

Noni Byrnes, Ph.D., Director of NIH Center for Scientific Review Last October, we announced that NIH was implementing a simplified review framework for most research project grants (RPGs). As a reminder, in the simplified review framework NIH aims to better facilitate the mission of scientific peer review – identification of the strongest, highest-impact research. The changes are intended to: Enable peer reviewers to better focus on answering the key questions necessary to assess the scientific and technical merit of proposed research projects: Can and should the proposed research project be conducted? Mitigate the effect of reputational bias by refocusing the evaluation of investigator/environment to within the context of the proposed research. Reduce reviewer burden by shifting policy compliance activities to NIH staff. Today, NIH released a Guide Notice (NOT-OD-24-085) to provide an update on our implementation plans for the simplified review framework. The Notice provides guidance to applicants on navigating new and updated funding opportunities expected to be published between now and January 2025. Prior to January, the community will notice that many funding opportunities for applicable activity codes are being reissued to include the simplified review framework language in Section V. Application Review Information. Active funding opportunities with due dates on or after January 25, 2025, will be expired early and most will be reissued to reflect th...
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