NIH announces simplified review framework for Research Project Grant (RPG) applications
What is changing?
Research Project Grant (RPG) applications due on or after January 25, 2025 will be peer-reviewed under a simplified framework. The following mechanisms are RPGs: R01, R03, R15, R16, R21, R33, R34, R36, R61, RC1, RC2, RC4, RF1, RL1, RL2, U01, U34, U3R, UA5, UC1, UC2, UC4, UF1, UG3, UH2, UH3, UH5, (including the following phased awards: R21/R33, UH2/UH3, UG3/UH3, R61/R33). Note that the RPG application is not changing; the update concerns the review of such applications.
What is the simplified peer review framework?
The five current criteria — Significance, Investigators, Innovation, Approach, and Environment — will be reworked into three factors, which will be factored into an overall impact score. Factors 1 and 2 will be scored, while Factor 3 will be evaluated for appropriateness.
- Factor 1: Importance of the Research (Significance, Innovation), scored 1–9
- Factor 2: Rigor and Feasibility (Approach), scored 1–9
- Factor 3: Expertise and Resources (Investigator, Environment), evaluated with selection from drop-down menu to characterize appropriateness
Other changes
While the major update is the reorganization of five criteria into three factors, additional changes will be implemented. First, considerations for human subject protections, vertebrate animal protections, and biohazards will affect scientific merit because they will be incorporated into Factor 2, as opposed to being viewed as policy compliance. Second, peer reviewers will no longer evaluate the following: Applications from Foreign Organizations, Select Agents, Resource Sharing Plans. These items will instead be administratively reviewed by NIH prior to funding.
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