This section offers details on the review process.
Upon receipt, the proposal is reviewed to ensure it meets the page length and blinding requirements for submission. If it does not, it will be returned to the applicant. In the future, proposals will undergo a full external review process. At the moment, decisions will be made by the PIs in consultation with advisory board members. The CHIP50 team will convey the decision
to the applicants. The decisions are: decline the proposal, ask for a revised version for consideration, or accept the proposal.
Revisions will be used sparingly, in cases where a favorable outcome is likely but not assured. A given proposal will typically be given only one opportunity to revise and then a final decision will be made.
In some circumstances, the CHIP50 team may ask for additional pre-testing of proposed projects. This includes sometimes offering to work with applicants to pre-test measures using Amazon Mechanical Turk in cases where the PIs deem it desirable to evaluate or strengthen a project.
The goal is to have an answer in applicants’ hands approximately a month (or less) after receiving an application.
If applicants receive a “revise and resubmit” decision on the initial proposal, submit the revised version to the CHIP50 e-mail address. Do not submit via the initial submission form. Title the PDF response with the same name as the original submission but with the word “revised” added. Revisions should be accompanied by a memo—embedded in the same PDF file (before the
revised proposal)—that explains how the applicants responded to any comments.
No, all decisions are final and not open to appeal.
CHIP50 does not accept re-submissions of declined proposals unless the new proposal differs fundamentally in the research question asked and/or the study's design.
For researchers, CHIP50 is free. As a result, the number of requests for services is typically far greater than the number of opportunities that can be supplied. In the event that the number of proposals received overwhelms the administrative capacity that the funding allows for, the CHIP50 team may find it necessary to revise the requirements for proposal submission. So, please be sure to check this page for updates before submitting future proposals.
