Threats to grant peer review: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Peer review is ubiquitous in evaluating scientific research. While peer review of manuscripts submitted to journals has been widely studied, there has been relatively less attention paid to peer review of grant applications (despite how crucial peer review is to researchers having the means and capacity to conduct research). There is spirited debate in academic community forums (including on social media) about the perceived benefits and limitations of grant peer review. The aim of our study was to understand the experiences and challenges faced by grant peer reviewers.

Methods

Therefore, we conducted qualitative interviews with 18 members of grant review panels-the Chairs, peer reviewers and Scientific Officers of a national funding agency-that hig

SUBMITTER: Sims Gould J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11842976 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature