The Office of Review provides policy direction and coordination for the planning and execution of initial scientific and technical reviews conducted within the NINR. The reviews conducted by the office are considered to be first level reviews, and involve panels of experts established according to scientific disciplines or current research areas for the purpose of evaluating the scientific and technical merit of grant applications. The Chief of the Office of Review is Dr. Yujing Liu.

Grants Reviewed by NINR Office of Review

There is one charted review committee in NINR known as the NINR IRG (Initial Review Group). This committee is primarily responsible for the scientific review of individual training and career development grant applications. The standing member list of the NINR IRG Member Roster can be found online at http://era.nih.gov/roster/proster.cfm?CID=100895.

Applications not reviewed by the NINR IRG are reviewed by the Special Emphasis Panel (SEP), which is responsible for the scientific review of applications received by the Institute in response to a Request For Applications (RFA). The Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) are also reviewed by this office using the SEP. In summary, the Office of Review is responsible for reviewing F, K, T32s submitted to NINR and R01, R21, R03, P01, P20, and P30s submitted in response to an NINR RFA. 

Grants Reviewed by NIH Center for Scientific Review for NINR

R01, R21, R03, R41, R42, R43, and R44s submitted to Parent Announcements are reviewed by study sections located in the NIH Center for Scientific Review.

The two-level review system utilized by NIH involving the scientific review group and the advisory council is briefly described in the diagram below:

Review Policy Q&A:

Please click on the Q&A document linked below for details.
Review Policy Q&A (PDF, 82KB)

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