Seals Douglas R
Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States.
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2023 Nov 1;325(5):R604-R618. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00175.2023. Epub 2023 Sep 18.
In Part 1 of this Perspective, I discussed basic principles of scientific peer review. In Part 2, I focused specifically on the peer review of manuscripts. Here in , I complete the Perspective by sharing my thoughts on peer review of grant applications. I begin by emphasizing the goals of grant peer review and then describe the two-stage organizational structure involved. The objective of of the process is to establish the scientific merit of the grant proposal. For that phase, I discuss grant review panels, reviewer qualifications and responsibilities, how reviewers are identified and selected, prereview meeting activities, activities during the review panel meeting, grant review criteria and scoring scales, and postmeeting activities. I also note two mechanisms that provide "prepeer review" advice and recommendations for grant applications under development. I then describe the events associated with of the peer review process in which grant funding agencies consider application merit scores (from ) along with other factors including their (the funding agency's) research mission, priority areas of investigation, and available funds. Tips for early career reviewers are discussed next and include questions to ask before accepting a review assignment, the importance of following reviewer guidelines, considerations when working through applications, issues involved in writing the critique, scoring the application, and how to approach evaluating resubmitted grant applications. Finally, I identify options for gaining skills and experience in peer review of grant proposals.
在本《观点》的第一部分，我讨论了科学同行评审的基本原则。在第二部分，我专门聚焦于稿件的同行评审。在此，我通过分享我对资助申请同行评审的想法来完成这篇《观点》。我首先强调资助同行评审的目标，然后描述所涉及的两阶段组织结构。该过程第一阶段的目标是确定资助申请的科学价值。对于该阶段，我讨论资助评审小组、评审员资格和职责、评审员如何被识别和挑选、会前会议活动、评审小组会议期间的活动、资助评审标准和评分量表以及会后活动。我还提到两种为正在撰写的资助申请提供“预同行评审”建议和推荐的机制。然后我描述与同行评审过程第二阶段相关的事项，在这个阶段，资助资金机构会考虑申请的价值分数（来自第一阶段）以及其他因素，包括它们（资助机构）的研究使命、优先调查领域和可用资金。接下来讨论初入职场评审员的小贴士，包括在接受评审任务前要问的问题、遵循评审员指南的重要性、审阅申请时的注意事项、撰写评语时涉及的问题、给申请评分以及如何处理对重新提交的资助申请的评估。最后，我确定了在资助申请同行评审中获得技能和经验的途径。
