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</div> <div class="views-row col-12"> <div class="views-field views-field-name"><span class="field-content"> <h3 class="glossary-term" id="idea">IDeA</h3> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-glossary-extended-definiti definition"><div class="field-content">Institutional Development Awards (IDeA) enhance biomedical and behavioral research in specific geographic areas. </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row col-12"> <div class="views-field views-field-name"><span class="field-content"> <h3 class="glossary-term" id="impact-score">Impact Score</h3> </span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-glossary-extended-definiti definition"><div class="field-content">The impact score is the rating which is assigned to an individual application by an SRG, and designates the reviewers' assessment of the likelihood for the project to exert a sustained, powerful influence on the research field(s) involved, in consideration of established review criteria. 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