Regarding Herb Chermside's comments--Yes.  Just In Time and Modular
Budgets save time for NIH employees, but not for applicant
organizations.  The driving principle is admirable, though--to cut the
work generated by the large number of applications that don't get
funded.  One idea we're considering is to ask PIs for IACUC and IRB
paperwork shortly after the application goes out (so the committee has
it readily at hand) but to delay the review until NIH reaches a funding
decision.  Has anybody tried something like this?  It saves work for the
committees, but not the PI.

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Peter J. Dolce, Ph.D., Director
Office of Research Support Services
Meharry Medical College
Nashville, TN  37208
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