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211.738 Application and review of proposed research projects.
(1) A proposed research project shall be submitted to the board on an application
developed by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in consultation with the <br>board. The submission deadline for the application shall be determined by the <br>board.
(2) The board shall review the project proposal for scientific merit and adherence to the
research priority established in this section. After reviewing the project proposal's <br>scientific merit and adherence to the research priority, the board shall determine <br>whether a project proposal shall or shall not be funded. An applicant shall be <br>notified of the board's decision by a date determined by the board.
(3) A project proposal shall be reviewed for scientific merit as follows:
(a) Adequacy of prior research and theory in providing a basis for the research; <br>(b) Adequacy of methods; <br>(c) Adequacy of environment, facilities, equipment, available equipment, and
research atmosphere;
(d) Qualifications and productivity of the PI and key staff; <br>(e) Time commitments of the PI and key staff; <br>(f) Availability of subjects or patients where relevant; <br>(g) Adequacy of procedures for assessing the effect of interventions on recovery;
and
(h) Other factors that affect the potential of the applicants to successfully address
the research objectives.
(4) A project shall be reviewed by the board for adherence to research priorities relating
to experimental, clinical, or population-based studies that may: <br>(a) Prevent or delay the development of diabetic disease; <br>(b) Predict the development of diabetic vascular, neuronal, or musculo-skeletal
complications;
(c) Define the response of diabetic vascular, neuronal, or musculo-skeletal
complications to existing therapies;
(d) Reverse diabetic vascular, neuronal, or musculo-skeletal complications; or <br>(e) Cure diabetic disease.
Effective: June 26, 2007 <br>History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 72, sec. 1, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended
2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 370, effective June 20, 2005. -- Created 2004 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 171, sec. 4, effective July 13, 2004.
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