Scientific or Peer Review Process

Moderator: Kevin T. Fuji, Pharm.D., M.A.

Assistant Professor of Pharmacy PracticeAssistant Director

Center for Health Services Research and Patient Safety

ObjectivesUnderstand the peer review process for grant

submissions

Improve grant writing by understanding how the grant application is viewed from a reviewers’ perspective

Panelists Shirley A. Blanchard, Ph.D., ABDA, OTR/L, FAOTA

Associate Professor of Occupational TherapySchool of Pharmacy and Health Professions

Kimberly A. Galt, Pharm.D., Ph.D.Professor of Pharmacy PracticeAssistant Vice Provost for Multidisciplinary Health Sciences ResearchAssociate Dean for Research; Schools of Dentistry, Nursing, and Pharmacy and Health Professions

Sonia M. Rocha-Sanchez, Ph.D.Associate Professor in Oral Biology and Biomedical SciencesSchool of Dentistry

Patrick C. Swanson, Ph.D.ProfessorGraduate Program DirectorDepartment of Medical Microbiology and ImmunologySchool of Medicine

What is Scientific/Peer Review?Process by which grant applications are

reviewed and scored for scientific merit

NIH Mock Study SectionNIH Peer Review Revealed

http://public.csr.nih.gov/aboutcsr/contactcsr/pages/contactorvisitcsrpages/nih-grant-review-process-youtube-videos.aspx

Panel DiscussionProvide an overview of your experience as a grant

reviewer. How was it similar or different from the NIH mock study section?

How does your approach change when you are reviewing grant applications for different funding agencies?

What are the 3 most important things you look for when reviewing applications?

What is the most common mistake that you see investigators make in their grant application?

Q & A Session Shirley A. Blanchard, Ph.D., ABDA, OTR/L, FAOTA

National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Kimberly A. Galt, Pharm.D., Ph.D. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) National Institutes of Health (NIH) Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Veterans Affairs (VA)

Sonia M. Rocha-Sanchez, Ph.D. National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Science Foundation (NSF)

Patrick C. Swanson, Ph.D. American Cancer Society National Institutes of Health (NIH)

ResourcesAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality

http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/peerrev/peerproc.htm

American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/research/applyforaresearchgrant/peerrev

iewcommittees/index

National Institutes of Health http://grants.nih.gov/grants/peer_review_process.htm

National Science Foundation http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/meritreview/

Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute http://www.pcori.org/get-involved/reviewers/become-scientific-r

eviewer/