Task Force on Merit Review (MR)
CHARGE
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All National Science Foundation (NSF) proposals, as part of the Merit Review process, are evaluated with respect to two equally important Merit Review Criteria—Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts. The two-criteria system was instituted in 1997, replacing a four-criteria system in place since 1981, in which reviewers had evaluated researcher performance competence, intrinsic merit of the research, utility or relevance of the research, and effect on the infrastructure of science and engineering. more...
Discharged February 6, 2012
Task Force Members
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Co-Chairmen: |
Dr. John T. Bruer Dr. Alan I. Leshner |
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Members: |
Dr. Douglas D. Randall
Dr. Diane L. Souvaine
Dr. Thomas N. Taylor
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Consultant: |
Dr. Louis J. Lanzerotti |
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NSF Members: |
Dr. Timothy L. Killeen
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Executive Secretary: |
Dr. Joanne S. Tornow |
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NSBO Liaison: |
Ms. Kim Silverman |
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