The NIH has placed a March 17 deadline for feedback on its linkurl:final suggestions;http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/meetings/NIHPeerReviewReportFINALDRAFT.pdf on how to change peer review at the agency. You can find information about how to contact the agency on its linkurl:Web site;http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/ about the review process. Thanks to the linkurl:Medical Writing, Editing, and Grantsmanship blog;http://writedit.wordpress.com/2008/03/ for providing a heads up of the deadline. We've been linkurl:chronicling;http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/54359/ the agency's decision to revise its peer review system since last year. Click linkurl:here;http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/54180/ to hear from Lawrence Tabak, who is spearheading the review, and linkurl:see what our readers think;http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/54009/ about the suggestions so far.

Interested in reading more?

Become a Member of

Receive full access to more than 35 years of archives, as well as TS Digest, digital editions of The Scientist, feature stories, and much more!