Case Study in Review Integrity: Asking for Favorable Treatment

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Mike Lauer

What happens when a former colleague contacts you, a reviewer, out of the blue to ask if the application on which he is a principal investigator could be treated favorably at the review meeting? Do you brush off the investigator and figure you will not let the contact influence your review of that application? Or do you instead immediately notify NIH? Intrigued? We have a case for you (based on true stories, details have been changed slightly and names have been fictionalized). Read on. Continue reading →

Case Study in Review Integrity: Undisclosed Conflict of Interest

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Mike Lauer

This series aims to raise awareness and inspire creative problem solving of the challenges in maintaining integrity in peer review. In this case, Dr. Smith, who is being considered as a reviewer for the application, is a professional associate of Dr. Jones, the PI on the application. However, Dr. Smith had not declared a conflict with that application. Continue reading →

New “All About Grants” Podcast on Managing Conflicts of Interest in Peer Review

Posted on October 28, 2019 by NIH Staff

In this next installment of the NIH’s All About Grants podcast series, we talk about how NIH manages conflicts of interest to ensure that we maintain integrity throughout the peer review process. Sally Amero, Ph.D., NIH’s Review Policy Officer, joins us and explains why it is important to manage these conflicts, what is and is not a potential conflict, how to disclose conflicts, and who is involved throughout the peer review process. Continue reading →

Breaches of Peer Review Integrity

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Mike Lauer and Sally Amero

It is a priority to us to continue to engage with the community about what constitutes a breach of NIH peer review integrity. The NIH defines a breach of review integrity as any violation of a core value of NIH peer review. Continue reading →

New “All About Grants” Podcast on Maintaining Confidentiality in Peer Review

Posted on April 9, 2019 by NIH Staff

Confidentiality is at the core of ensuring research ideas submitted in grant applications are protected. In this next installment of the NIH’s All About Grants podcast series, Sally Amero, Ph.D., NIH’s Review Policy Officer, discusses how NIH strives to maintain the highest levels of confidentiality and integrity in the peer review process. Continue reading →

Welcome the New Director for the NIH Center for Scientific Review – Dr. Noni Byrnes

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Mike Lauer

It gives me enormous pleasure to extend my warm congratulations to a friend and colleague, Noni H. Byrnes, Ph.D., for her recent selection as the new Director for the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR). Continue reading →

Your Grant Application Questions Answered in New NIH Center for Scientific Review Videos

Posted on October 4, 2018 by NIH Staff

Curious about how NIH grant applications are reviewed? Get a front row seat to the peer review process in this video created by the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR). Investigators will get insights into how applications are reviewed so they can better enhance and advance their applications in the NIH peer review process. Continue reading →

In part D of the F-RPPR (participants), should we report time worked for the final budget period or time worked for the final budget period + the no cost extension period?

Posted on July 5, 2018 by NIH Staff

In the Final RPPR you should report on the individuals that worked on the project during the last budget period minus any approved no-cost extensions. You can find this and more in the RPPR FAQs.

When to Share or When Not to Share, that is the Privacy Question

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Mike Lauer

Looking for a grant award you heard about? Go here! Perhaps how many trainees NIH supported? You got it! Research spending on a certain disease? Done! Comparing NIH to another federal funder? Look no further! As you can see, NIH shares a quite diverse array of data associated with our funded grants in a transparent way. But, that does not mean we share everything. Continue reading →

NIH Wants You! – Apply to Be Our Next Director of the Center for Scientific Review

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Mike Lauer

Do you have a vision for the future of improving scientific reviews? Are you a first-rate Scientific Leader seeking a career at the Center for supporting the most preeminent biomedical research institutes in the nation and the world? If so, the NIH has the perfect opportunity for you! Continue reading →

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