NIH "reinvention" has already started.  Several current RFAs are already
implementing the new streamlined processes:  i.e. "just-in-time", triage,
etc.

For instance, one RFA I'm looking at now asks for:

- limited budget detail: % efforts are given for personnel, but no specific
 dollars; justification is only requested if items exceed certain
 specified limits (e.g. $15,000 for supplies); justification for
 future years only if they are more or less than 4%

- No other support (yippeee!)

- Resource & Environment "only if proposed research requires specialized
 unique resources for which availability must be documented"

- No checklist

Applications are then "triaged" and those deemed non-competitive are
withdrawn prior to receiving a priority score.

I don't know when they are going to apply these new criteria to all applications

NEWS FROM NCI:

The National Cancer Institute is issuing all NON-competing continuation awards
at 98% funding AND, if they have a 7/1 anniversary date, are truncating the
budget period to 10 months.  This is to alleviate the 7/1 crunch, more equally
distribute their workload.

That's all.

Tony Silbert
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
xxxxxx@csmc.edu