• This page provides detailed information about Peer Review Policies and Practices. For an overview of general information about Peer Review, visit Peer Review Process.

• NOT-OD-12-128: Clarification: Time Limit on NIH Resubmission Applications
  
• NOT-OD-12-116: Clarification to the Interim Agency Policy, NIH Research Involving Chimpanzees
  
• NOT-OD-12-111: Notice of Impending Change in Peer Review Criteria and Submission Requirements for NIH Applications Involving Human Embryonic Stem Cells
  
• NOT-OD-12-026: Notice of NIH Plans to Transfer all Programs, Awards, and Applications Associated with the National Center of Research Resources to Other NIH Institutes and Centers
  
• NOT-OD-12-025: NIH Research Involving Chimpanzees
• NOT-OD-11-120 Revised Policy: Managing Conflict of Interest in the Initial Peer Review of NIH Grant and Cooperative Agreement Applications
• NOT-OD-11-101 Resubmission of Applications with Pending Appeals of NIH Initial Peer Review
• NOT-OD-11-064 Appeals of NIH Initial Peer Review
• NOT-OD-11-047 Notice of Change in Policy on the Submission of Reference Forms for Kirschstein-NRSA Fellowships
• NOT-OD-11-035 NIH Policy on Late Submission of Grant Applications
• NOT-OD-11-023 Reminder of Policies Affecting Submission of NIH Grant Applications for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2011
• Frequently Asked Questions

  Archived News

• Becoming a Peer Reviewer
• Guidelines for Reviewers
• General Guidelines for Study Section Reviewers and Chairs
• R Awards (Research Projects)
• Small Business R Awards
• F Awards (Fellowship)
• K Awards (Career Development)
• P Awards (Program Projects)
• S10 Awards (Shared Instrumentation)
• T Awards (Training)
• Continuous Submission

• Proper Handling of Electronic Materials:
• Open Letter on Proper Handling of Electronic Materials (10/04/2005) - (PDF - 15 KB)
• NIH Implements New Procedures to Protect NIH Application Data Sent to Peer Reviewers on Compact Disks
• Appeals of Initial Scientific Peer Review:
• Overview of the Appeals Process
• NOT-OD-11-064 (04/15/2011) - Appeals of NIH Initial Peer Review
• Conflict Of Interest, Confidentiality And Non Disclosure Rules For NIH Peer Reviewers:
  • Initial Peer Review Conflict of Interest Policy
• Information For Reviewers Of Grant Applications And R&D Contract Proposals - (PDF - 16 KB)
• NIH Pre-Review Certification Form - (PDF - 64 KB)
• NIH Post-Review Certification Form - (PDF - 39 KB)
• Human Subjects Research, and Human Subjects Protection and Inclusion
• NIH Instructions to Reviewers for Evaluating Research Involving Human Subjects in Grant and Cooperative Agreement Applications (PDF - 121 KB)
• Peer Review Decision Trees for Human Subject Protection and Inclusion Issues
• Glossary (PDF - 252 KB)
• Protection of Humans (PDF - 108 KB) or (PowerPoint - 49 KB)
• Women in Clinical Research (PDF - 35 KB) or (PowerPoint - 47 KB)
• Women in NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials (PDF - 29 KB) or (PowerPoint - 46 KB)
• Minorities in Clinical Research (PDF - 34 KB) or (PowerPoint - 45 KB)
• Minorities in NIH-Defined Phase III Clinical Trials (PDF - 37 KB) or (PowerPoint - 46 KB)
• Children in Human Subjects Research (PDF - 33 KB) or (PowerPoint - 50 KB)
• Data and Safety Monitoring Plans in Clinical Trials (PDF - 27 KB) or (PowerPoint - 40 KB)
• Worksheet for Review of the Vertebrate Animal Section
• Peer Review Regulations 42 CFR Part 52h for the Scientific Peer Review of Research Grant Applications and Research and Development Contract Projects are available as the Final Rules and Regulations (PDF - 61 KB) and as the Federal Register Notice Complete Register Notice (PDF - 67 KB), January 15, 2004.
• Continuous Review of Peer Review

•  Archive of Peer Review Policies & Practices

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