Internal Grant Review: A Pre-Submission Program for Early-Career Clinical and Translational Researchers
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Abstract
The iTHRIV Scholars Mentored Career Development Program initiated an Internal Grant Review (IGR) program in 2020 for current and recently graduated Scholars seeking funding through K and R awards from the NIH. The IGR program is designed to replicate the NIH review process and provide Scholars the opportunity to receive valuable feedback on their applications prior to NIH submission. A key characteristic of the program is the integration of REDCap, enabling automation and year-round offering while improving tracking and reporting efforts and capabilities. Results of the program have been overall positive, both in proposal development and participant feedback. IGR is a sustainable, valuable resource for early-career faculty competing for limited resources in the pursuit to become independently funded clinical translational scientists.
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BibTeX
@misc{harrigan2026internal,
title = {{Internal Grant Review: A Pre-Submission Program for Early-Career Clinical and Translational Researchers}},
author = {A. M. Harrigan and K. C. Johnston and J. Kirkham and J. A. Papin},
howpublished = {bioRxiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.64898/2026.09.21.753152},
url = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.21.753152v1},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Internal Grant Review: A Pre-Submission Program for Early-Career Clinical and Translational Researchers
AU - A. M. Harrigan
AU - K. C. Johnston
AU - J. Kirkham
AU - J. A. Papin
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/21
PB - bioRxiv
DO - 10.64898/2026.09.21.753152
UR - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.21.753152v1
AB - The iTHRIV Scholars Mentored Career Development Program initiated an Internal Grant Review (IGR) program in 2020 for current and recently graduated Scholars seeking funding through K and R awards from the NIH. The IGR program is designed to replicate the NIH review process and provide Scholars the opportunity to receive valuable feedback on their applications prior to NIH submission. A key characteristic of the program is the integration of REDCap, enabling automation and year-round offering while improving tracking and reporting efforts and capabilities. Results of the program have been overall positive, both in proposal development and participant feedback. IGR is a sustainable, valuable resource for early-career faculty competing for limited resources in the pursuit to become independently funded clinical translational scientists.
ER -