I'd get in touch with your PO immediately. He/she can give you a better sense of what the vibe was about your proposal during study session, and when you get your Summary Statement, you may be able to write a response that will help put you over the funding line.

Heard back from my PO, and he doesn't think that it will get funded based on last year's paylines. But he also said there's no way to know for sure until they have a budget and aren't on CR. Dontcha just love waiting on the government to do its job?

I probably won't try to get any more info from the PO until I have my summary statement in hand in a few weeks - he seemed very big on having that in front of him when chatting a few months ago about my first app.

After talking to the boss man and reading comments, I'm going to include the score in my CV for theses apps. I might also mention it in the cover letter for the jobs that specifically requested for funding, at least those familiar with the K mechanism I applied under...just need to figure out the right wording. Can't hurt, right?

I like how that sounds, Namnezia...I can still say that even if it's not likely "fundable"?

No PO is going to say anything definitive one way or the other about funding until after the check is in the mail. It is the NIH way. It is totally fair to say "competitive". If someone wants to know more they will ask for the score.

Sleepless night because of back pain, so I was up working on the job apps...DM has a a different view from using the "competitive" wording that I'm thinking of...