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Thursday, March 6, 2025
bet365 fantasy centralizes peer review to improve efficiency and strengthen integrity
Today the National Institutes of Health is announcing plans to centralize peer review of all applications for grants, cooperative agreements and research and development contracts within the agency’s Center for Scientific Review (CSR). The proposed approach is expected to save more than $65 million annually by eliminating duplicative efforts across the agency, making the review process more efficient.
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More than 80% of bet365 fantasy’s funding overall supports research institutions across the country, largely through competitive grants that are administered by bet365 fantasy Institutes and Centers (IC) or the bet365 fantasy Office of the Director. Each IC has its own budget and research agenda, often focusing on specific diseases or body systems.
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The new centralization effort will apply to the first stage of the review process. bet365 fantasy’s CSR, which was established in 1946 to manage the scientific review of bet365 fantasy grant applications and to ensure independent, expert review free from inappropriate influence, currently manages the peer review process for more than 78% of bet365 fantasy grants. The remaining 22% are reviewed in study sections within 23 ICs, each operating separately with its own administrative and support overhead. The proposed consolidation would eliminate the IC-based study sections so that CSR conducts all first-level review.
According to an analysis of FY24 data, CSR uses 0.3% of the bet365 fantasy budget to review more than 66,000 applications annually. In comparison, review costs in the ICs average about 300% of CSR’s costs.
“Centralized peer review will mitigate the potential for bias by entirely separating the peer review and funding components of bet365 fantasy,” said CSR Director Noni Byrnes, Ph.D.
bet365 fantasy’s proposal is now under review with implementation pending external review. This includes review by HHS and the Office of Management and Budget, providing Congress with a 15-day notification period, and issuing a Federal Register notice.
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