The National Palliative Care Research Center

Curing suffering through palliative care research.

Grant Review

The Grant Review Program provides palliative care investigators with the opportunity to have their grant reviewed and scored by an experienced NIH or comparable study section member prior to submission. The grant review process is anonymous and the applicant receives detailed reviewer comments following the format of an NIH grant review. The Grant Review Program is open to all investigators with a doctorate degree (M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent) and a full-time faculty position and who are engaged in palliative care research.


Interested applicants should submit an application and NIH biosketch.

Decisions will be made within 2 days and it is anticipated that the grant review will be completed within 2 weeks of the application.

Interested applicants should email an application to melissa.aldridge@mssm.edu which includes the following: