NIDDK ANNOUNCES NEW POLICY ON RECEIPT DATES FOR PROGRAM PROJECT (P01) GRANT APPLICATIONS AND RESTATEMENT OF POLICY FOR THE FUNDING OF LARGE GRANTS Release Date: February 22, 2001 NOTICE: NOT-DK-01-005 (See Notice NOT-DK-06-023, Change in Receipt Dates for NIDDK Program Project (P01) Grant Applications. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases The purpose of this Notice is two-fold: 1) announcement of a new policy on receipt dates for NIDDK program project (P01) grant applications, and 2) restatement of the NIDDK strategies for the acceptance and funding of competing P01 and other investigator-initiated applications with budgets over $500,000 direct costs in any one year. 1) Receipt Dates: Effective immediately, both new competing (Type 1) and competing continuation (Type 2) P01 grant applications will be restricted to two receipt dates per year: June 1 and October 1. Amended P01 applications will continue to be accepted three times per year: on February 1 as well as on the June 1 and October 1 dates. 2) Funding Strategies: It is NIDDK policy to impose more stringent percentile rank cutoffs on P01s and other investigator-initiated applications with $500,000 or more in projected direct costs in any one year than on research project grant applications with budgets below this level. Investigators preparing applications of this size are advised that they must contact NIDDK program staff to discuss the program relevance of the proposed work before submitting the application. Additional information on NIDDK’s funding strategies for Fiscal Year 2001 is available at the following URL: http://www.niddk.nih.gov/fund/FY2001/fundstat.htm Note that new budget caps for NIDDK P01s were announced through a recent Notice in the NIH Guide at the following location: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-DK-01-004.html The full set of policies and procedures related to NIDDK P01 grants is available at the following location http://www.niddk.nih.gov/fund/divisions/DEA/review_branch/P01guidelines.htm INQUIRIES For questions or further information, contact: Robert D. Hammond, Ph.D. Director, Division of Extramural Activities National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Two Democracy Plaza, Room 631 6707 Democracy Blvd Bethesda, MD 20892-5456 Phone: 301-594-8834 Fax: 301-480-3505 HammondR@extra.niddk.nih.gov

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