How does the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation award research grants?

The Caring for Carcinoid Foundation believes in fairness, independence, expertise, and timeliness when awarding research grants.  Therefore, we award research grants by strictly following the NIH guidelines for peer review.  The NIH's Center for Scientific Review defined these peer review guidelines for the following purpose:

"Since 1946, our mission has remained clear and timely:  to see that NIH grant applications receive fair, independent, expert, and timely reviews -- free from inappropriate influences -- so NIH can fund the most promising research."

The Caring for Carcinoid Foundation rigorously follows the NIH peer review guidelines by taking five steps:

• Issuing Research RFP ("Requests for Proposals") that are open to all scientists anywhere in the world
• Requiring scientists to submit a Letters of Intent to indicate they will submit a grant application
• Collecting all grant applications by one deadline
• Assembling a Peer Review Committee to evaluate every grant application based on the standard NIH scoring methodology.  The Peer Review Committee comprises all members of our Board of Scientific Advisors plus additional outside experts, as needed.  To prevent any conflict of interest, grant applicants cannot serve on the Peer Review Committee.  Therefore, if a member of our Board of Scientific Advisors submits a grant application, that person must abstain from serving on the Peer Review Committee.
• Awarding research grants based on recommendations from the Peer Review Committee and funds available.

The NIH's Center for Scientific Review provides complete details on peer review in "The Peer Review Process".  Also, to learn more about NIH peer review guidelines, including an educational video and sample documents, see "Inside the NIH Grant Review Process".