• NOT-OD-09-155: Extension of Modified Application Submission, Referral and Review for Reviewers with Recent Substantial Service
• NOT-OD-09-114: Extension of Modified Application Submission, Referral and Review for Appointed NIH Advisory Group Members
• NOT-OD-08-026: Modified Application Submission, Referral and Review for Appointed NIH Study Section Members
• NOT-OD-09-149 - Restructured Application Forms and Instructions for Submissions for FY2011 Funding
• NOT-OD-09-054 - Recovery Act of 2009: NIH Review Criteria, Scoring System, and Suspension of Appeals Process
• NOT-OD-09-033 - The NIH Implements New Registration Process for Reviewer Reimbursement for Participation in NIH Peer Review Meetings
• NOT-OD-09-023 - Enhancing Peer Review: The NIH Announces Updated Implementation Timeline
• NOT-OD-09-024 - Enhancing Peer Review: Enhancing Peer Review: The NIH Announces New Scoring Procedures for Evaluation of Research Applications Received for Potential FY2010 Funding
• NOT-OD-09-025 Enhancing Peer Review: The NIH Announces Enhanced Review Criteria for Evaluation of Research Applications Received for Potential FY2010 Funding
• Enhancing Peer Review at NIH - On February 28, 2008, the Final Draft of the NIH 2007-2008 Peer Review Self-Study was submitted to Dr. Elias Zerhouni, Director of NIH, marking the end of the diagnostic phase of the peer review enhancement effort.

• Guidelines
• General Guidelines for Study Section Reviewers and Chairs
• R Awards (Research Projects)
• Small Business R Awards
• F Awards (Fellowship)
• K Awards (Career Development)
• P Awards (Program Projects)
• S10 Awards (Shared Instrumentation)
• T Awards (Training)

• Overview of the Peer Review Process
• NIH Best Practice Guidelines for Accepting Additional Grant Application Materials (06/25/2008) - (MS Word - 57 KB)
• Funding Opportunities and Forms
• Submission and Assignment Process
• Video Overview of Peer Review Enhancements
• Open Letter to Members of the NIH Community of Peer Reviewers (10/04/2005) - (PDF - 15 KB)
• Advice to Investigators Submitting Clinical Research Applications
• Appeals of Initial Scientific Peer Review

• Policy announcements
• NOT-OD-09-155: Extension of Modified Application Submission, Referral and Review for Reviewers with Recent Substantial Service
• NOT-OD-09-114: Extension of Modified Application Submission, Referral and Review for Appointed NIH Advisory Group Members
• NOT-OD-08-026: Modified Application Submission, Referral and Review for Appointed NIH Study Section Members
• List of Eligible Reviewers for Continuous Submission (PDF - 81 KB)
• Frequently Asked Questions for Continuous Submission (MS Word - 41 KB)

• Rosters of the membership of NIH Scientific Review Groups are available. Additional information about application referral & peer review can be found on the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) web site.

• Peer Review Advisory Committee (PRAC) page

• NOT-OD-08-071 - NIH Implements New Procedures to Protect NIH Application Data Sent to Peer Reviewers on Compact Disks
• NOT-OD-08-082 - NIH Policy on Submission of Additional Grant Application Materials



• Conflict Of Interest, Confidentiality And Non Disclosure Rules For NIH Peer Reviewers:
• Information For Reviewers Of Grant Applications And R&D Contract Proposals - (PDF - 31 KB) or (MS Word - 36 KB)
• NIH Pre-Review Certification Form - (PDF - 36 KB) or (MS Word - 72 KB)
• NIH Post-Review Certification Form - (PDF - 22 KB) or (MS Word - 30 KB)
• Also see OER Conflict of Interest Page.



• Human and Animal Subjects Research, and Human Subjects Protection and Inclusion
• NIH Instructions to Reviewers for Evaluating Research Involving Human Subjects in Grant and Cooperative Agreement Applications (PDF - 121 KB)
• Important Notice to Applicants: Requirements for Human and Animal Subjects Research (PDF - 64 KB) - August 29, 2002
• Peer Review Decision Trees for Human Subject Protection and Inclusion Issues
• Glossary (PDF - 252 KB)
• Protection of Humans (PDF - 108 KB) or (PowerPoint - 49 KB)
• Women in Clinical Research (PDF - 35 KB) or (PowerPoint - 47 KB)
• Women in NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials (PDF - 29 KB) or (PowerPoint - 46 KB)
• Minorities in Clinical Research (PDF - 34 KB) or (PowerPoint - 45 KB)
• Minorities in NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials (PDF - 37 KB) or (PowerPoint - 46 KB)
• Children in Human Subjects Research (PDF - 33 KB) or (PowerPoint - 50 KB)
• Data and Safety Monitoring Plans in Clinical Trials (PDF - 27 KB) or (PowerPoint - 40 KB)



• Peer Review Regulations 42 CFR Part 52h for the Scientific Peer Review of Research Grant Applications and Research are available as the Final Rules and Regulations (PDF - 61 KB) and as the Federal Register Notice Complete Register Notice (PDF - 67 KB), January 15, 2004.
• Peer Review Notes - CSR publication with new developments related to NIH review policies and procedures.

Peer Review Archive
• Archived Peer Review Policies & Practices Documents

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