External Review Program
This joint program offered by the Office of Research and the CTSI provides an external review for R01-level grants.
The External Review Program, previously paused due to COVID-19, is now available.
The program will make arrangements to provide a full NIH style review by an outside reviewer, ideally an individual with recent study section experience in the relevant area. The reviews will be officially solicited by Ann Rosenthal, MD, Associate Dean, Chief, and Professor of Rheumatology. An honorarium of $750 per proposal will be made available to external reviewers for a timely return of the review.
Interested faculty should contact Nicole Davis or Dr. Rosenthal for an application form to request this service. This form requires a commitment from the PI to have a complete draft of the grant application ready by the date indicated in the table below, including the following information for the selected external reviewers:
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Introduction and summary statement from the previous review (if applicable)
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Specific aims
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Research plan
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Biosketches for key personnel
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Budget and budget justification
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Environment sections in electronic format
Reviews will be solicited in a timely manner, allotting the PI a minimum of 3 weeks to make modifications based on reviewer comments in advance of the deadline for submission to MCW's Grants and Contracts Office for sponsor submission.
Key dates for the external review program are provided in the tables below. For more information, contact Nicole Davis or Dr. Rosenthal.
R01-level Deadlines
Application Form Deadline | Full Application Deadline | Reviewer Comments Returned to PI | Appropriate for targeting NIH R01 deadlines |
November 9, 2021 | December 7, 2021 | January 4, 2022 | February 5, 2022 (N) |
December 14, 2021 | January 4, 2022 | February 1, 2022 | March 5, 2022 (RRR) |
March 23, 2022 | April 13, 2022 | May 11, 2022 | June 5, 2022 (N) |
April 6, 2022 | May 11, 2022 | June 8, 2022 | July 5, 2022 (RRR) |
July 13, 2022 | August 10, 2022 | September 7, 2022 | October 5, 2022 (N) |
August 8, 2022 | September 6, 2022 | October 3, 2022 | November 5, 2022 (RRR) |
K-level Deadlines
Application Form Deadline | Full Application Deadline | Reviewer Comments Returned to PI | Appropriate for targeting NIH K-Series deadlines |
December 14, 2021 | January 5, 2022 | January 25, 2022 | February 12, 2022 (N) |
January 14, 2022 | February 1, 2022 | February 21, 2022 | March 12, 2022 (RRR) |
April 13, 2022 | May 4, 2022 | May 22, 2022 | June 12, 2022 (N) |
May 6, 2022 | May 31, 2022 | June 20, 2022 | July 12, 2022 (RRR) |
August 1, 2022 | August 31, 2022 | September 16, 2022 | October 12, 2022 (N) |
August 29, 2022 | September 23, 2022 | October 17, 2022 | November 12, 2022 (RRR) |
(N) = New; (RRR) = Renewal, Revision, Resubmission
Note: grant applications must be submitted to the MCW Grants & Contracts Office (GCO) 5 business days prior to sponsor deadlines.
For a current listing of upcoming sponsor deadlines and GCO due dates, please visit Standard Grant Application Due Dates (intranet access required).