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Update of NIH Continuous Submission Policy: Change in Submission Deadlines and End of Recent Substantial Service Option

NIH is discontinuing granting one-year continuous submission status to reviewers with recent substantial review service, and it is moving back continuous submission deadlines.

Clarification of NIH’s Application Submission/Resubmission Policy

Effective immediately, this Notice consolidates and clarifies policy concerning submission and resubmission of applications for grants and cooperative agreements submitted to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and...

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Dr. Ray Jacobson named Director of the Division of Receipt and Referral

The NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) has named Dr. Ray Jacobson Director of its Division of Receipt and Referral (DRR).

Dr. Sulagna Banerjee Named Chief of the Clinical Neuroscience (CN) Review Branch

Dr. Sulagna Banerjee has been selected as the Chief of the Clinical Neuroscience (CN) Review Branch at the Center for Scientific Review (CSR).

Mr. Roy Wheat named Chief of the Scientific Review Evaluation Activity (SREA) Branch

Mr. Roy Wheat has been selected as the Chief of the Scientific Review Evaluation Activity (SREA) Branch within the CSR Division of Management Services (DMS).

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Early Career Reviewer (ECR) Program

Early Career Reviewer (ECR) Program

The ECR program aims to educate qualified scientists without prior CSR review experience to develop skills as a reviewer and to provide experience that might make them more competitive applicants.

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