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Who Are the Peer Reviewers?

Who Are the Peer Reviewers?. Senior Researchers Well-funded by NIH or Other Agencies Well-published, recognized in the field Associate Professor or higher. Scientific Review Group or Study Section Actions. Scored, Scientific Merit Rating (priority scores and percentiles)

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Who Are the Peer Reviewers?

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  1. Who Are the Peer Reviewers? Senior Researchers • Well-funded by NIH or Other Agencies • Well-published, recognized in the field • Associate Professor or higher

  2. Scientific Review Group orStudy Section Actions Scored, Scientific Merit Rating (priority scores and percentiles) Unscored (lower half) Deferral

  3. What Determines Which Awards Are Made? Scientific merit Program Considerations Availability of funds

  4. Important things to remember… • Contact a Program Official BEFORE you submit – they are your coaches, advocates, and advisors • Always read the instructions, and double check your deadlines • Detail detail detail • MOST investigators do NOT get the grant first time they apply • Do what you like best, but pay attention to funders’ priorities too.

  5. Important things to remember… • Always cite your grant by Funding Agency(ies) and grant number (This is used to judge the productivity of the network or program within which you are funded). • Plan ahead to avoid a gap in funding between grants; plan for at least one revision.

  6. Current PA’s for specific grant mechanisms R03, Small Grants (PA-03-108) http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03-108.html R15, AREA grants, (PA-03-053) http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03-053.html R21, Exploratory/Devel. Grants, (PA-03-107) http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03-107.html

  7. Why should I read Past Solicitations? Past solicitations from The NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts indicate areas of science an institute has recently had special interest in… Contact the program official about investigator-initiated submissions.

  8. “You miss 100% of the shots you never take.” Wayne Gretzky

  9. Consider ALL Funding Sources • Grants,Gov sponsored by HHS but covering all of US Govt, http://www.grants.gov/ • National Science Foundation http://www.nsf.gov/ • US Dept of Education http://www.ed.gov/ • The Foundation Center http://fdncenter.org/

  10. Web Sites of Interest • National Institutes of Health (http://www.nih.gov) • Office of Extramural Research (http://www.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm) • Grants Policy (http://www.nih.gov/grants/policy/policy.htm) • Center for Scientific Review (http://www.csr.nih.gov) • Referral and Review (http://www.csr.nih.gov/refrev.htm) • Overview of Peer Review Process (http://www. csr.nih.gov/review/peerrev.htm) • CSR Study Section Rosters (http://www.csr.nih.gov/committees/rosterindex.asp) • NIH Peer Review Notes (http://www.csr.nih.gov/prnotes/prnotes.htm)

  11. For More Information See… www.nichd.nih.gov/crmc/cdb/cdb.htm or contact Peggy McCardle, PhD, MPH E-MAIL: PM43Q@NIH.GOV

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