A word about two-stage review of program projects

A few months ago, NIA decided to follow the practice of two other NIH institutes and arrange two-stage review of program projects. We have recently completed the first review cycle under this new review model. We launched this two-stage effort because of concern that the separate small committee reviews which each handled one program project lacked the context for scoring that is available to the customarily larger panels who review a substantial set of research grant applications in one meeting.

Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - August 8, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Richard Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging Source Type: blogs