May 17
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) currently have opportunities for professional contributors on a number of advisory groups: Panel and Board Members Panel Chairs The NIHR commissions and funds NHS, social care and public health research that is essential for delivering our responsibilities in public, health and personal social services. Becoming a Panel or Board …
Mar 08
The AHRC is hosting the second of its two peer review events today at RIBA in London to support best practice in writing and reviewing grant applications. Topics covered include: What makes a successful grant application to the AHRC? Insights into other HEIs’ internal peer review processes How does the AHRC Peer Review College assess …
Feb 19
Recently appointed EPSRC Chairman, Dr Paul Golby, has announced two independent reviews into strategic advice used by EPSRC and the peer review process. This follows time spent last summer consulting with the research community on some of their key concerns. On National Importance, Golby has said that “clearer guidance has been introduced to remove the …
Jun 11
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) last week announced its intention to strengthen its Peer Review College membership by making it a condition of all funded research grants submitted to closing dates on or after 1st July 2012: “The Principal Investigator is required to consent to membership of the NERC Peer Review College, if a …
May 29
The BBSRC Pool of Experts was established in 2008 to ensure that BBSRC retains the appropriate expertise to assess the applications it receives. The membership of the Pool of Experts is under constant review to ensure that it remains flexible and able to respond to emerging science areas. BBSRC has identified a number of vacancies …
Mar 29
EPSRC yesterday released an announcement with a bonanza of updates covering: Shaping Capability; Fellowships; National Importance and Peer Review; and changes to the Panel process. Shaping Capability You may recall that last month EPSRC released funding decisions for the second tranche of research areas in their Shaping Capability review. They have now completed reviewing all …
Mar 21
The EPSRC has recently announced a change in the way their Peer Review College works. Rather than invite applications for members for a fixed number of years, the College now invites members for an unlimited period. Members can step down at any time: EPSRC Peer Review College Announcement The EPSRC feels that this approach allows …
Feb 21
In the latest issue of Connect, EPSRC has published some additional guidance on their recently introduced National Importance criterion: Preparing new proposals to include National Importance Since 15th November 2011, National Importance has been used in the assessment of all proposals to the EPSRC. It’s pitched as a “major secondary criterion” after Research Quality and …
Jan 27
This is the third part of a series on the AHRC 2012 Study Tour. Dr Sue Carver gave a short overview and update on the AHRC’s peer review process. A bit of background first: The AHRC Peer Review College (PRC) was established in 2004 with 460 members, and now has over 1,300 across five different groupings: academic, knowledge …
Jan 23
NERC has today issued a final reminder for those who want to nominate themselves to be part of their Peer Review College: We have reduced and equalised the number of review requests per member in order to make involvement in NERC peer review activities more manageable and to allow NERC to widen the expertise-base of …
