Grant Funding Consideration
Instructions to Researchers

High-quality grant applications that are responsive to recommendations described in the reports of Progress Review Groups, particularly those that also address scientific priority or "extraordinary opportunity" areas identified in The Nation's Investment in Cancer Research (http://plan.cancer.gov/), will be considered for "exception" funding. NCI uses "exception funding" to fund applications whose priority scores are beyond, but close to the payline and not funded through the accelerated executive review process. These applications will, therefore, compete for a limited pool of dollars with those in other high-priority categories: these include applications submitted by new investigators or those addressing program announcements, cancer health disparities, or areas of extraordinary opportunity. Decisions on exceptions are made three times a year; contact your grant program director for details.

In order to mark an application for consideration, investigators should cite the relevant section(s) of the Report and include the following language in the Background section of their grant application:

"The research described in this application is responsive to recommendations in the Report of the _______ Progress Review Group (PRG).