Pending applications are to be looked at for scientific and budgetary overlap only and then noted in the policy concerns area. The GIA applicants are expected to be independent investigators. Concerns about a GIA applicant's independence issue should be factored into the merit score. SDG and BGIA Applicants are not expected to be independent at the beginning of the award. The SDG and BGIA awards are intended to promote independence.
Academic title is usually associate professor, professor or equivalent.
Extramural funding obtained by the investigator, particularly via national competition. Concerns about any applicant's eligibility for reasons other than those pertaining to independence, as described above, should not be factored into the merit score. Rather, they should be noted as a policy concern. Do the proposed experiments take advantage of unique features of the scientific environment or employ useful collaborative arrangements. This information will be provided to the applicant along with the critiques.