If there is any overlap of the Aims, then you will be walking on thin
ice.  You say there isn't, but wouldn't there need to be some of the
prelim work proposed in the R01 if it hadn't been done and was necessary?

Charlie

At 10:20 AM 8/20/2008, you wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>What do you think about submitting an R21 to do preliminary work for
>a project that is also being submitted as an R01 proposal? In my
>opinion, the R01 application is probably not strong enough at this
>time to be submitted (which is evidenced by the fact that it was not
>funded on the first try), and the only one that needs to be sent is
>an R21. However, I don't see any formal prohibition to submit both
>an R01 and an R21 as long as they are for different parts of the
>project. Also, the R21 proposal has to be of new, exploratory and
>developmental nature. Do you agree?
>
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