R01 Consultant Program
- At least six (6) weeks ahead of the submission deadline, the faculty member should submit the name and contact information for two potential consultants (no UK faculty and no study section members) to the College of Medicine Office of Research at medicineresearch@uky.edu. The faculty member’s chair should acknowledge their agreement on the suitability of the suggestions; this may be done by the chair’s reply to the email request. It is expected that the proposed consultants will be experts in the field and have a working knowledge of the current NIH review process. Furthermore, there would be an expectation that the external consultant be an NIH-funded investigator. Consultants that could promote any conflict in the review process should be excluded.
- The R01 draft must be submitted to the College of Medicine Office of Research at least six (6) weeks ahead of the deadline. This will be a complete draft of all pages that will be included in the final proposal. The College of Medicine Office of Research will submit the draft to the consultant.
- The consultant will submit the completed critique in NIH format to the College of Medicine Office of Research at least four (4) weeks ahead of the submission deadline.
- The College of Medicine Office of Research will provide an honorarium of $500 to the consultant for reviews that are returned within the time constraint.
- Participation in this program will be factored into consideration if subsequent requests are submitted for the College of Medicine Office of Research bridge funding.