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CREID pro QUO From: Peter Daszak on behalf of Peter Daszak MIIMMIM ecoheatthaliane.ora> To: Laing, Eric; Thomas Hughes bags oo Gpcereoy on cena Subject: EIDRC impact scores from NIH Date: Monday, November 18, 2019 9:26:16 PM Attachments: 'Study section roster 1573258030732.pdf EIDRC Southeast Asia v7 FINAL FINAL odf Importance: High Dear All, Just to let you know that we've got the results back fromm NIH. EHA submitted two EIDRC proposals, and we were linked to a third one as a subcontract. Out of these, the only one to get a score was the Southeast Asia EIDRC (EID-SEARCH) which you are all collaborators on. I also know of another good group that wasn't scored, so just to get a score is actually a good result... Our 'impact score' was 32, which normally would put us right on the edge of being funded. I've already contacted the NIAID program officer (Jean Patterson) to ask about the likelihood of being funded. She told me that NIH staff are currently working out the structure of the network and a funding plan. She felt our proposal was well-received and scored well enough to be considered, and she asked me to hold off for a week or two and then they'd know more. My take on this is that they're now deciding what the geography and scope of the network should be, how many EIDRC centers they can afford to fund, and then they'll decide priorities for funding. With this being strongly driven by NIAID's internal concerns about their reach into different geographies, it's really going to be a decision driven by their own considerations of who else is in the mix and what strengths/weaknesses different proposals have. That means we're in with a chance, but we don't really know the factors driving a decision. I'll contact NIAID again in a few days, but in the meantime, please do the following: 1) try not to share this information with colleagues because we don't want to have a situation where they scored better than us and we got funded, leading to a bad feeling (or worse, the other way round!); 2) if you meet people from NIAID, tell them how keen and enthusiastic you are about the proposal and the work we're conducting (I've attached the final text again as a reminder) -- you never know how this might help. Key people at NIAID who will be making this decision are: Tony Eauti (head of NIAID), Cristina Cassetti (Deputy Head, and in charge of this line of work), Jean Patterson (Program Officer directly in charge of the EIDRCs), Eun-Chung Park (also directly in charge of this work), Pat Repik (1 think she's involved).