Latest Trump administration proposal to change NIH research grant system draws scientists’ ire
One researcher tells Scientific American that the change would reduce transparency and risk politicizing the grant review process
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The National Institutes of Health is weighing changes to the procedures it uses to allot scientific funding. Experts say the change—concealing scores on applications for grants—could reduce transparency around how federal money is spent on research.
Currently, applications for NIH grants are examined by at least three experts in the applicant’s field of research. That panel of peer reviewers then submits a written review that summarizes the likely outcomes of the proposed research, as well as the application’s strengths and weakness. The reviewers also each give the application a score between…
