Study Section

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Study Section

• Members
• NIH Representatives
• Your grant

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Members
Experts in the field of interest Permanent or ad
hoc Chair of study section All nominations NIH
SRO Conflict of interest and confidentiality
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NIH
SRO Scientific Review Officer The NIH head of a
study section SRA Scientific Review
Administrator The NIH administrator of your grant
(portfolio) GTA Grant Technical
Assistant Financial representative of
NIH Anybody else from NIH (Directors, Chiefs of
sections, etc.)
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Your Grant

• Triage and Assignment Center for Scientific
  Review
• Grant Technical Assistant (GTA) and SRO review
• Assignment and electronic notification
• Association with Scientific Review Administrator
  (SRA)
• (primary contact)

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The review
Reviewers 2 primary, 1 reader Study Section
pre-session triage review order of
review time of discussion scoring
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The Reviewer Job

• Evaluate on the following criteria
• Overview (Major strengths/Major weaknesses),
• Candidate (and collaborators)
• Significance, Approach, Innovation, Environment

• Write evaluation and post on eRA for pre-review

• Score

• Justify your review in front of study section

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Reviewers should be fair and base their decision
on science only Reviewers should make the effort
of looking at all the applications of the study
section before scoring Pink sheet reviewers
comments are edited by the SRA to reflect not
just the reviewer point of view but also the
discussion with all the members of the section