Instructions to Reviewers Who Critique NIH K-type Applications (updated July 2016)

Definitions of Criteria and Considerations for K Critiques

1. Study them carefully.

2. Use them as a checklist when you are writing or critiquing a K application.

3. Mentors, co-mentors, consultants, and referees should be alerted to the specific questions, and their letters of support should highlight the criteria. I try to write a few sentences or paragraph on each item when I am writing letters of recommendation.

4. Recall that these are instructions. Some reviewers do not read them and some reviewers do not follow them.