Is Your Application Responsive to the Goals of Your Selected Opportunity?
NIH just announced that, like Requests for Applications (RFAs), Program Announcements with special receipt, referral, and/or review considerations (PARs) and Program Announcements with set-aside funds (PASs) may now include criteria that would make an application non-responsive (i.e., outside the scope of the PAR/PAS).
You’ve likely seen PARs and PASs highlight areas of
scientific interest in the funding opportunity description (Part 2, Section 1).
This practice will continue. In that same section, however, you may also see a
new “Applications Not Responsive to this FOA” subheading with explicit
non-responsive criteria. Read the full description section carefully. Applications that are deemed non-responsive will be withdrawn
from review. Since it is institute/center/office staff (not our receipt and
referral staff) that check for responsiveness, your application may be assigned
for review and later withdrawn prior to the review meeting.
Applicants to PARs and PASs with non-responsive
criteria included are strongly encouraged to contact the applicable Program
Official (i.e., Scientific Contact) listed on the FOA to discuss the proposed
project and fit prior to submitting.
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Top Stories PAR PAS RFA Source Type: funding