NIH and NSF Updates

July 16, 2019

NIH: Breaches of Peer Review Integrity

It is a priority to us to continue to engage with the community about what constitutes a breach of NIH peer review integrity – including, but not limited to:

  • A reviewer sending grant applications to their postdocs to write their critiques
  • Someone revealing that they reviewed a particular application
  • A reviewer disclosing how another reviewer scored an application
  • A principal investigator (PI) approaching a reviewer at a scientific conference to discuss her/his institution’s application in which s/he is designated as PI

For further details visit the NIH website.


NSF: NSF Dear Colleague Letter on Research Protection

NSF’s Director, Dr. France Córdova, issued a Dear Colleague Letter on Research Protection. We would greatly appreciate your sharing this link with your membership as quickly and as broadly as possible.

Last Updated on August 14, 2019