Case Study in Review Integrity – The Seminar Trip
A cautionary tale about a breach of review integrity in the guise of a normal professional interaction.
A cautionary tale about a breach of review integrity in the guise of a normal professional interaction.
An NIH peer reviewer was approached by a well-known professional grant writing service to assist a client in preparing an NIH grant application. The service advertised phenomenal success in securing NIH funding for its clients. What would you do? …
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Sharing an application with anyone who has not been officially designated to participate in the peer review process is a big no-no. It undermines the integrity of peer review. It disregards the confidentiality that is required of peer reviewers, who specifically sign a confidentiality agreement before accessing the applications. And it is specifically prohibited by NIH peer review policy.
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