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The Center for Scientific Review at the
National Institutes of Health has posted the latest
issue of Peer Review Notes on its Web site:
http://www.csr.nih.gov/prnotes/prnotes.asp
Check out the following news in this issue:
* Katrina and Rita Notice for Reviewers
* Shortening the Review Cycle
* On Time Critiques to Speed the Grants Process
* Electronic Review Pilots
* New Grant Application "Forms" and New Mode of
Submitting Applications
* New Payment System for Reviewers
The Center for Scientific Review publishes Peer
Review Notes three times a year to inform NIH
consultants and staff of new developments related
to NIH grant application review policies and
procedures. Comments may be sent to Don Luckett,
Communications Director, Center for Scientific
Review, National Institutes of Health. E-mail:
Luckettd@csr.nih.gov
Former NIH Reviewers Made Big News Since We
Went to Press
What can happen to you after serving 4 years
on a CSR study section to review NIH grant
applications?
Well, two regular members of the
former Metallobiochemistry Study
Section discovered on October 5, 2005
that they had received the 2005 Nobel Prize for
Chemistry: Dr. Robert H. Grubbs from the
California Institute of Technology and Dr. Richard
R. Schrock from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. They each received 1/3 of the prize
along with Dr. Yves Chauvin from the Institut
Francais du Petrole Rueil-Malmaison, France, for
"the development of the metathesis method of
organic synthesis."
Everyone at CSR congratulates Drs. Grubbs and
Schrock and thanks them for their earlier service
to NIH and the scientific community.
Drs. Grubbs and Schrock served back-to-back
terms on the Metallobiochemistry Study Section
-- Richard Schrock from 8/17/1983 to 6/30/1987
and Robert Grubbs from 9/29/1987 to
6/30/1991. They also served as temporary
reviewers after they completed their terms.
CSR Still Seeks the Best Scientists
The Metallobiochemistry Study Section has since
been reorganized, but CSR still depends on the best
scientists it can find to review NIH grant
applications in this area and all the other
critical areas of biomedical and behavioral
research. It is the only way NIH can fund the
best research for making the advances we need in
science and health.
If you think you or someone you know would make
a good reviewer, please send a CV to the CSR
Director, Dr. Toni Scarpa: scarpat@csr.nih.gov.
For more info, go to http://cms.csr.nih.gov/PeerReviewMeetings/StudySectionReviewers/
CSR can't promise a Nobel Prize, but it can
promise its reviewers they will learn a lot, work
with some outstanding scientists, and perform a
great service to their community and the many who
could live longer and healthier lives if hoped-for
cures come.
About CSR
The Center for Scientific Review is the portal
for NIH grant applications and their review for
scientific merit. We organize the peer review
groups or study sections that evaluate the majority
(70%) of the research grant applications sent to
the National Institutes of Health. We also receive
all grant applications for NIH, as well as for some
other components of the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services. Since 1946, our mission has
remained clear and timely: to see that NIH grant
applications receive fair, independent, expert, and
timely reviews -- free from inappropriate
influences -- so NIH can fund the most promising
research.
Additional information on CSR is available on
our Web site (http://www.csr.nih.gov)
or by calling 301 435-1111.
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