The NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) Updates the Descriptions of its Chartered Review Panels

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In a Guide Notice released December 10, the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) announced that it has updated the descriptions of its study sections that applicants often use to suggest which CSR study section(s) might best review their applications. These changes only apply to CSR’s chartered study sections, and they do not apply to other study sections organized by CSR or the other NIH Institutes or Centers.

CSR revised these study section descriptions in response to requests from study section chairs and other representatives of the scientific community who participated in recent evaluations of CSR’s review groups. These changes were designed to make CSR’s chartered study section descriptions more transparent and reflective of the types of applications actually reviewed by CSR study sections. The updated descriptions were also designed to be more user friendly for applicants–particularly new applicants.