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The Council for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., Inc. 



Supporting Biomedical Investigation 



application. These scientists are selected because of their 

 distinguished credentials and their particular expertise. 



If, after the completion of the typical three-year 

 grant cycle, a researcher wishes to receive further support 

 from the Council for an extension of the same research 

 project, he or she must submit a competing renewal 

 application. Competing renewal applications are evaluated 

 through the same process by which full original applications 

 are evaluated. 



In evaluating grant applications, the members of 

 the SAB bring to bear their understanding of the state of 

 scientific knowledge in the areas covered by the grant 

 proposals. The SAB members consider the results of 

 previously reported research in any particular field, which 

 might include research performed by Council -funded 

 investigators, in evaluating whether a particular proposal 

 is meritorious. 



The SAB does not consider, for any type of grant 

 application (original, noncompeting renewal or competing 

 renewal), whether any of the investigator's prior research 

 produced results thought to be favorable or unfavorable to 

 the tobacco industry. Industry sponsors exercise no control 

 over the decision to fund a particular grant application or 



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