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Editorial
Nature Medicine 14, 351 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nm0408-351
A metareview at the NIH
Abstract
Science funding in the United States is tight, and the application process is arduous. A recent study of NIH peer-review recommends a major overhaul of the system. Will the changes prove cosmetic or curative?
In June 2007, Elias Zerhouni, Director of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), called for input from scientific leaders to mend the ailing system of NIH grant peer review. Two working groups collected suggestions from within and outside the NIH, and on February 28 submitted the final draft of the 2007–2008 Peer Review Self-Study.
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