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Created by William Elwood, formerly of CSR: SRO, Community-level Health Promotion (CLHP) Study Section (2004-2009). Last updated September 15, 2009 COMMON APPLICATION PROBLEMS Note that NIH/Center for Scientific Review (CSR) employees cannot provide instructions or feedback regarding applications; nevertheless, the following qualities are typical of applications that do not do well in peer review:              Lack of new or original ideas Insufficiently developed scientific rationale Lack of experience in essential methodologies. Confusing community-based and/or community-placed research practices with CBPR. Questionable reasoning in experimental approach Uncritical approach Diffuse, superficial, or unfocused research plan Lack of sufficient experimental detail Lack of knowledge of published relevant work Unrealistically large amount of work Uncertainty concerning future directions Inadequate procedures to protect research participants from projectrelated risks Incomplete processes to ensure confidentiality of particpants and the data they provide GENERAL APPLICATION SUGGESTIONS CSR employees also cannot provide instructions or feedback regarding applications; nevertheless, Scientific Review Administrators/Officers (SRAs or SROs) frequently provide the following suggestions to investigators who ask for suggestions:          Read and follow all the grants,gov, PHS 398, and the Funding Oportunity Announcement’s instructions. ALL the instructions. This means you!  “ALL the instructions” includes, “demonstrate your study’s clear use of CBPR principles.” Expect the reviewers to use all NIH criteria to assess your application. Conduct and demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the literature without presenting an exhaustive literature review. Communicate the significance of your proposed research project in relation to the noteworthy public health problem that your application addresses. State the rationale of your proposed investigation. Be certain that your stated aims follow your rationale. Include well-designed tables and figures. Created by William Elwood, formerly of CSR: SRO, Community-level Health Promotion (CLHP) Study Section (2004-2009). Last updated September 15, 2009      Present a complete and organized research plan. Completely describe your plans to accomplish your proposed project. Send only allowable items in your appendices. Obtain and integrate pre-submission feedback from institutional colleagues or other peers. Ask your NIH program officer/director for feedback on brief written materials that reflect the application you’d like to submit.