February 5, 1999

NIH Revises Grant-Application Procedure to Hasten the Process

By PAULETTE WALKER CAMPBELL

Officials at the National Institutes of Health have revised their grant-application process to try to reduce the amount of time it takes scientists to find out whether their grants have been approved.

Under the N.I.H.'s current procedures, grant seekers must include in their applications an itemized budget and information about other grants and awards to be used for the research. Critics say that forces

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