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An application does not need to be strong in all categories to deserve an outstanding priority score. |
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Scored multiproject applications receive an overall priority score based on the five standard NIH review criteria and two special sets of criteria: one for the overall application and one for the cores.
Reviewers use the standard NIH review criteria to evaluate both the overall program and each project. See Standard Review Criteria, Review Criteria for Cores, and Review Criteria for the Overall Application.
To put NIH's five review criteria in context, consider the goals of NIH-supported research: to advance understanding of biological systems, improve the control of disease, and enhance health. Reviewers use the criteria to judge the likelihood that the proposed research will have a substantial impact on achieving these goals.
Peer reviewers consider each criterion when assigning a priority score. However, an application does not need to be strong in all categories to have a major scientific impact and deserve an outstanding priority score. For example, an investigator may propose important work that is not innovative but is essential to move a field forward.
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