NIH & AHRQ – Updates to Application Instructions and Review Criteria for Research Grants

See Notice NOT-OD-18-228 which includes information on updates to application instructions and review criteria language for research grant applications submitted for due dates on or after January 25, 2019 and for research and development contract proposals submitted in response to solicitations posted on or after January 25, 2019.

The rigor of the prior research, formerly Scientific Premise (Note: Please refer to NOT-OD-16-011 for a list of activity codes excluded from the Enhancing Reproducibility policy)
Inclusion reporting
Protections for human subjects