March 18, 2005

NIH Consultant Finds Little Evidence of Bias Against Clinical Researchers

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Article: A Makeover for the NIH's Peer-Review Process

For years, clinical medical researchers have harbored a beef about the review of their grant applications by the National Institutes of Health: The agency has long given such proposals, which involve research with patients to develop new drugs and therapies, lower scores, on average, than it has given projects that examine more fundamental questions in biology.

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