A depressingly thorough description of the "death by a thousand cuts" that is well under way regarding NIH peer review. Luck has always been a key element of funding success, but its importance has ballooned in the last year and a half.
Kevin Plaxco
If you have applied or plan to apply for an NIH grant, if you have reviewed or want to review for an NIH panel, you must read this piece from @27unihted.bsky.social about the detrimental changes to NIH peer review.
@jeremymberg.bsky.social @drugmonkey.bsky.social
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Authored by anonymous current and former NIH workers with experience in peer review, this is an overview of all the changes to NIH's peer review over the last 18 months.
