Becoming an NCCIH Peer Reviewer, Part 2

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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  /  National Institutes of Health

Dr. Martina Schmidt

January 31, 2023
Martina Schmidt, Ph.D.

In my last blog post, I talked about the benefits of serving as a peer reviewer of grant applications for the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). Today, I’d like to explain what serving on an NCCIH review panel is like.

Our review groups are Special Emphasis Panels (SEPs) rather than standing study sections. We select SEP members on an “as needed” basis in response to the applications we receive. So, if you agree to be a reviewer for us, you’re only committing to a single review meeting. You’re not making a long-term commitment.

Each SEP is led by an NCCIH scientific review officer (SRO)—a staff scientist who’s responsible for coordinating the review of applications in a given SEP. The SRO is the person to go to with any questions you have about the review process. 

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