Peer Review (RCR-Basic)
1. Which of the following statements most accurately describes the review process for
grant proposals?
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Funding agencies usually have committees, often with external reviewers,
that assess the quality of the proposal.
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Most funding agencies have committees that look at how good the
proposals are. The survey interaction isn't generally similar starting with
one government office and then onto the next.
2. Reviewers have a responsibility to promote ethical peer review by:
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Preserving the confidentiality of the submission.
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In order to get credit for their hard work, the authors of a paper or a grant
proposal expect their valuable original information to be respected and kept
confidential.
3. The main reason that the Royal Society of London developed the modern form of peer
review was to:
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Control the quality of published papers.
4. The two main criteria that the National Science Foundation (NSF) uses to evaluate grant
proposals are:
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Intellectual merit and broader impact.
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The intellectual merit of the proposal and its broader impacts are the two primary
criteria NSF uses to evaluate it.
5. Which of the following statements is true regarding the responsibilities of a reviewer?
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A reviewer’s conflict of interest should be disclosed to the journal editor or grant
agency.