ThePeerReviewProcessforUKRIgrants(withafocusonEPSRC)

CarolineJayUniversityofManchester

Peerreviewprinciples

•  Transparency•  Appropriateness•  Managinginterests•  Confidentiality•  Expertassessment

•  Prioritisation•  Righttoreply•  Separationofduties•  Noparallelassessment•  Fairness

Standardprocess

•  Receiveproposal•  Accept/decline(quickly)•  Readguidance•  Completereview(ontime)

•  Ifthescoresarehighenough,proposalissenttopanel

Whathappensatapanel?

•  Sentallproposals(aLOTofreading)•  Allocatedproposalsasprimary,secondaryortertiaryreviewer– Scoreproposals(basedoncomments)– Scorereviews

•  Considerinorderofinitialscore•  Placeinrankorder

Beingagoodreviewer

•  Benice•  Beconstructive– youdon’tneedtowritealot,butwhatyoudowriteshouldcount

•  Beawareofyourbias•  Discloseconflicts•  Startattheendofthepack

Beingagoodpanelmember

•  Keepitbrief•  Keepitfocused•  Dospeakyourmind

Whypeerreviewgrants?

•  Yougetpaid!(Butonlyforpanels,andnotverymuch)

•  Importantcommunityactivity•  Helpsyoutowritebetterproposals•  Goodwayofengagingwithotherresearchersandtheresearchcouncils

Gettinginvolved

•  Attendresearchcouncilevents•  Getonthemailinglist•  Registerwiththeassociatecollege•  Keepyourresearchinterestsuptodate

Questions?