Kathleen --

Those institutes which use the R21 funding mechanism (and one must check
institute by institute) will usually only accept an unsolicited application
(that is, not responding to an RFA or PA) only after discussion between the
PI and institute program staff.

-- Evelyn

At 02:43 PM 7/23/99 -0800, you wrote:
>I've been looking for information on NIH's Exploratory/Developmental
>Research Project Grant (R21).  Are these investigator initiated or only
>funded through a PA or RFA?  Thanks in advance for your response.
>
>Kathleen Hogue Gonzalez, CRA
>Associate Director, Research Administration
>Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
>747 52nd Street
>Oakland, CA 94609
>Phone 510-428-3511
>Fax 510-428-3608
>Email xxxxxx@mail.cho.org
>
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