Enhancing Peer Review at NIH - Enhancing Reviewer Training

Enhancing Reviewer Training

Background
In spring 2009, training will be available to reviewers and SROs related to the changes in peer review.

Baseline Data
Number of Activity Codes from 1970 (Report, pg. 36) (PDF - 1.61 MB) - The desire to meet the unique needs of different scientific communities has led to the creation of new mechanisms or the need for ICs to use the same mechanisms in different ways across the NIH. While this flexibility is a potential benefit to investigators, administrators from applicant organizations report that this practice results in some confusion. In addition, CSR study sections review applications that will be sent to different ICs for funding consideration. As a result, reviewing applications is complicated by the need to review applications responding to programs with varying goals and criteria.

This page was last reviewed on December 4, 2008