NINDS Scientific Review Branch
The mission of the NINDS Scientific Review Branch is to provide unbiased and expert peer review of grant applications and
contract proposals and to provide advice and assistance to the NINDS extramural programs.
NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
The Center for Scientific Review (CSR) is one of the NIH components that manage the scientific review groups (SRG) that evaluate investigator-initiated applications.
The initial step of the peer review process takes place in Scientific Review Groups (SRGs) that are managed by the various
NIH Institutes and Centers. The links below provide access to all SRGs including those managed by NINDS.
National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council (NANDSC)
NANDSC exists to (1) to advise the Institute on policy and procedures affecting the extramural research programs and (2) to
provide a second level of review for all grant and cooperative agreement applications considered by the Institute for funding.
NINDS Board of Scientific Counselors
The Board of Scientific Counselors for NINDS reviews and evaluates the NINDS intramural program and the work of individual
scientists in this program.
Last updated December 21, 2007