CSR's Early Career Reviewer Program Seeks More Participants
CSR is expanding the recruitment of up-and-coming researchers into its new Early Career Reviewer (ECR) program, which was publicized in the September Peer Review Notes last year.
We developed the ECR program to (1) train established scientists without prior review experience to become excellent reviewers, (2) give these scientists an experience that will make them more competitive applicants and (3) engage emerging scientists with specific expertise needed by our study sections.
"The initial response has been tremendous," said CSR Acting Director Dr. Richard Nakamura, "I'm happy to say we received almost 1,000 nominations, and about 50 percent of CSR study sections included an ECR in the last review round."
"While the program was specifically designed to recruit qualified ECRs from less research-intensive institutions, we have opened the program to any qualified applicant-with a special emphasis on diversifying institutions NIH draws reviewers from."
What is expected? ECRs will participate in a CSR study section meeting once a year for up to two years, serving as the third reviewer on two to four NIH grant applications each time. This lighter review load will help ECRs stay focused on advancing their research careers.
What are the requirements? We are looking for researchers who have an active, independent research program, who are published in peer reviewed research journals, and who have not reviewed for CSR in a face-to-face meeting. An ECR does not necessarily need to have NIH or equivalent funding.
How do you apply? Send your current CV or biosketch along with a list of terms that describe your scientific expertise to us at CSREarlyCareerReviewer at mail.nih.gov.
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