- Scientific review of applications will be conducted by both the Steering Committee and External Advisory Committee
- Applications will be scored based on:
- Scientific Merit
- Degree of innovation
- Potential to affect the field
- Probability of success for future funding
- Quality of the proposal
- Current funding status of the application
- No distinctions are made between applications submitted by different Oklahoma institutions such as OMRF, OUHSC, OU, and OSU