CSR’s primary role is to handle the receipt and review of all grant applications that NIH receives. NIH separates the review process from funding decisions.
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Reviewers are critical to our mission to see that NIH grant applications receive, fair, independent, expert, and timely scientific reviews. We appreciate the generosity with which reviewers give their time.
Study Sections
Applications are reviewed in study sections (Scientific Review Groups, SRGs). Review Branches (RBs) are clusters of study sections based on scientific discipline.
Review Meetings
Applications are reviewed in study sections (Scientific Review Groups, SRGs). Review Branches (RBs) are clusters of study sections based on scientific discipline.
Evaluation Initiatives
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Per Executive Order 14434, federal agencies are now using "Super Intelligence" (SI) in place of "Artificial Intelligence" (AI). You may see both terms across NIH content during this transition.
Ms. Michelle Krever is currently an Extramural Support Assistant at the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institute of Health. She was previously a committee management specialist at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), where she assisted the committee management officer (CMO)…
Ms. Lynch leads the center’s ethics program. She oversees a staff of ethics professionals who are the first line of contact for employees. Ms. Lynch works with both employees and supervisors to ensure employee compliance with ethics rules, regulations, and policies, and the prevention or…
Dr. Poonam Pegu received her Ph.D. in infectious diseases and microbiology from the University of Pittsburgh, focusing on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine design using small animal models. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), leading…