Documents posted below have been relocated from the Peer Review Policies & Practices Page. These documents are available on this archive page for informational and historical purposes.

• Criteria for Evaluating Research Grant Applications (see NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-05-002):
• Comparison Of Updated And Previous Criteria For Evaluating Research Grant Applications - (MS Word - 25 KB)
• Questions and Answers about the Updated NIH Criteria for Evaluating Research Grant Applications - (MS Word - 56 KB)



• Guidelines for Reviewers
• Guidelines for Review of Specific Applications
• Review of New Investigator R01's (PDF - 23 KB)
• CSR Scoring Procedure (PDF - 12 KB)
• Review of Research Involving Natural Products Usually Prepared as Complex Mixtures
• Modular Grant Application and Award
• Glossary of Terms
• Inclusion of Children as Participants in Research Involving Human Subjects
• Resources for New Investigators

Rosters of the membership of NIH Scientific Review Groups are available. Additional information about application referral & peer review can be found on the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) web site.

• Guidelines for Reviewers
• Guidelines for Review of Specific Applications
• Review of New Investigator R01's (PDF - 23 KB)
• CSR Scoring Procedure (PDF - 12 KB)
• Review of Research Involving Natural Products Usually Prepared as Complex Mixtures
• Overview of the Report On Rating Of Grant Applications
• Rating of Grant Applications - NIH Announces New Explicit Statements of Review Criteria, June 1997
• Peer Review Oversight Group (PROG) on the Rating of Grant Applications: Deliberations and Decisions, November 20-21, 1996
• Peer Review Oversight Group (PROG)
• Workgroups Established to Address Regulatory Burdens
• Inclusion of Public Representatives/Participants in Scientific Peer Review