• All proposals will be administratively reviewed for completeness. Applicants will be notified of missing components and will have 24 hours from notification to amend the application.

  • Applications for the pilot awards not previously funded as a pilot award by the AI/AN CTRP will be scored for scientific merit by external reviewers following the standard NIH criteria: Significance, Investigator, Innovation, Approach, and Environment. Applicants are invited to recommend external reviewers (who must have no conflict of interest per NIH guidelines).

  • All proposals will be reviewed by an internal review process using the standard NIH criteria plus an evaluation of the project’s feasibility and the quality of the career development experience for the Diversity Awards.

  • The highest-ranking proposals also be reviewed by the AI/AN CTRP’s External Advisory Board and recommended projects will be submitted to the NIH for final approval. Only projects with applicable IRB and/or IACUC approvals in place will be forwarded to the NIH.