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- Appeals of Initial Scientific Review
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An appeal is a written communication from a Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) and/or applicant institution that meets the following four criteria: 1) is received after issuance of the summary statement and up to 30 calendar days after the second level of peer review, 2) describes a flaw or perceived flaw in the review process for a particular application, 3) is based on one or more of four allowable issues (described below), and 4) displays concurrence from the Authorized Organization Representative (AOR).
Quoted from NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-11-064.
For additional information, see §2.4.2 of the NIH Grants Policy Statement.