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Center for Scientific Review

Center for Scientific Review
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The Center for Scientific Review (CSR) is the portal for United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant applications and their review for scientific merit. The CSR organizes the peer review groups or study sections that evaluate the majority (76%) of the research grant applications sent to NIH. It also receives all grant applications for NIH, as well as for some other components of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Since 1946, its mission has remained clear and timely: to see that NIH grant applications receive fair, independent, expert, and timely reviews—free from inappropriate influences—so NIH can fund the most promising research.

CSR receives nearly 80,000 applications a year and recruits over 19,000 external experts to review its portion of them in its study sections, which often meet three times during the year. Additional scientists serve on other NIH advisory councils, which provide a second level of peer review and make funding recommendations based on priorities set by the United States Congress, DHHS, and the public.

From 1946 to 1997, the CSR was known as the Division of Research Grants (DRG).

Directors

Past directors from 1946 - present

No.PortraitDirectorTook officeLeft officeRefs.
1[[File:Cassius James Van Slyke.jpg70px]]Cassius James Van SlykeJanuary 1946December 1, 1959
2[[File:David_E._Price.jpg70px]]David E. Price MD19481950
3[[File:Ernest_M._Allen.jpg70px]]Ernest M. Allen19511960
4[[File:Noimage.svg70px]]Dale R. Lindsay19601963
5[[File:Eugene_A._Confrey.jpg70px]]Eugene A. ConfreyOctober 19631969
6[[File:Stephen_P._Hatchett.jpg70px]]Stephen P. HatchettMay 1969August 22, 1976
acting[[File:Noimage.svg70px]]Carl D. DouglassAugust 1976April 1977
7April 1977May 3, 1985
8[[File:Noimage.svg70px]]Jerome G. GreenJanuary 1986June 1, 1995
9[[File:Noimage.svg70px]]Ellie EhrenfeldJanuary 1, 1997September 30, 2003
acting[[File:Noimage.svg70px]]Brent StanfieldOctober 1, 2003June 30, 2005
10[[File:Noimage.svg70px]]Antonio ScarpaJuly 1, 2005September 2, 2011
acting[[File:Richard K. Nakamura.jpg70px]]Richard K. NakamuraSeptember 18, 2011December 3, 2012
11December 3, 2012April 30, 2018
12[[File:Noni Byrnes (cropped).jpg70px]]Noni ByrnesFebruary 14, 2019Present

Current initiatives

  • Shorten the review process so applicants can revise and resubmit their applications in the next review round if necessary and NIH can more timely fund the best research. Shortening the review process by 45 days could thus reduce the time to resubmit by four months.
  • Recruit and retain the best reviewers so NIH and applicants receive the best advice.
  • Foster a culture more favorable to innovative applications, so that NIH can fund research that promises larger advances in science and health.
  • Address the concern that clinical research is not properly evaluated, so this important research is well represented in the NIH program.
  • Increase the transparency, accountability, and uniformity of NIH peer review.

References

References

  1. "CSR Data & Evaluations {{!}} NIH Center for Scientific Review".
  2. "CSR Data & Evaluations {{!}} NIH Center for Scientific Review".
  3. (10 July 2015). "CSR Directors".
  4. (December 6, 1960). "Dr. Burney Announces Top Level Changes in Grants Administration". The NIH Record.
  5. (October 22, 1963). "Dr. Eugene A. Confrey Appointed DRG Chief". The NIH Record.
  6. (May 27, 1969). "Dr. Hatchett Appointed Acting Director, DRG". The NIH Record.
  7. (September 8, 1976). "Dr. Stephen P. Hatchett, Director of DRG Dies". The NIH Record.
  8. (May 7, 1985). "Dr. Carl Douglass, Director of DRG, Retires After 24 Years at NIH; Expanded Sections". The NIH Record.
  9. (February 11, 1986). "Dr. Jerome Green Named DRG Director". The NIH Record.
  10. "June 6, 1995". The NIH Record.
  11. Garnett, Carla. (September 10, 1996). "Ehrenfeld To Head DRG, Long-Time Grantee". The NIH Record.
  12. (September 30, 2003). "Ehrenfeld Resigns as CSR Director". The NIH Record.
  13. (October 14, 2003). "Stanfield Named Acting Director of CSR". The NIH Record.
  14. (October 14, 2011). "Nakamura Named CSR's Acting Director". The NIH Record.
  15. (January 4, 2013). "Nakamura Named CSR Director". The NIH Record.
  16. Luckett, Don. (June 1, 2018). "CSR Director Nakamura Retires". The NIH Record.
  17. (March 8, 2019). "Byrnes Named CSR Director". The NIH Record.
  18. "Welcome to CSR".
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