CIHR - major changes to its research grant process

"In a 2010 survey, 44 percent of CIHR applicants and grantees said they were dissatisfied with the quality of peer-review decisions; 58 percent were dissatisfied with the consistency of the reviews. Researchers have also said that the peer-review system fails to adequately fund research from across CIHR disciplines and from new and evolving research areas. Some have said the current pool of reviewers isn’t qualified to assess applications from multidisciplinary and emerging fields." to read more visit News