Your Resubmission—Application Act Two

Nobody likes bad news, but unsuccessful applications are a fact of life every investigator eventually faces.

But unlike the director of a Broadway play, you don't have to worry about your audience walking out on your second act. Your reviewers will play their part, keen on seeing how you addressed their critiques.

Before we discuss the ins and outs of resubmitting, let’s back up to earlier events where you judge whether resubmitting is your most effective tack.

After you learn your application is not fundable, you’ll first need to spend time to effectively deal with your anger and frustration.

When you've done that, you'll be ready to take a cold hard look at your options and do a thorough analysis of your situation so you can determine what to do next.

NIH: Next Steps?

NIH recently created an online resource, Application Guidance: Next Steps, to address  frequently asked questions that investigators have about the application review process as well as what the "next steps" are. The questions are grouped into three categories: Scores, Funding Decisions, and Resubmitting.  Questions include:

• What does the score mean; will my application be funded?
• When and how will I know if my application will be funded?
• Are all submissions to RFAs new applications?

Further information on the Review Process itself is linked on the Next Steps page and can be found at the Peer Review Process website.