NIH Resumes Funding Process

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Deputy Director for Extramural Research, Dr. Sally Rockey, posts in her Rock Talk blog that October grant application submission deadlines will be rescheduled to dates in November. This will allow applicants time to access NIH staff, help desks, and electronic systems. The specific revised due dates will be published in the NIH Guide at a later date. The eRA Commons and other NIH extramural electronic systems are also expected to be accessible to the public on Monday, October 21.

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From NIH: Understanding Percentiling for Grant Applications

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Deputy Director for Extramural Research, Dr. Sally Rockey, posts in her Rock Talk blog how percentiles are configured for some grant applications. After receiving multiple hits from her posts on how percentiles relate to paylines and succcess rates, she defines what a percentile is and how the NIH uses them in regards to their grant applications.

Dr. Rockey also presents an example to show how, "Percentiling allows NIH institutes to compare applications even when different study sections have different scoring behaviors." She hopes her example will shed more light on how peer review works at NIH.

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From NIH: FY2012 By The Numbers

In a recent post over at the National Institutes of Health's Rock Talk blog Dr. Sally Rockey, the NIH's Deputy Director for Extramural Research, presents a summary of the FY2012 NIH numbers. This post presents information on success rates, applications, awards, and many other points of interest.

Dr. Rockey is pleased with the FY2012 numbers. She states in the post, "Despite a flat budget and complex fiscal times, we maintained last year’s success rate and slightly increased the amount of award dollars that went to research project grants."

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