HCRI Peer Review Program

The Harper Cancer Research Institute has created a Peer Review Program (PRP) for internal grant review. 

Purpose

Increase the competitiveness of extramural grant applications by in-house pre-submission peer review

Eligibility

Assistant Professors only (for now) applying for NIH, NSF, and other extramural grants (new or revised grants)

Process 

  • Submit Aims Page, full grant draft, or full grant and reviewers’ comments (for revisions) to HCRI portal eight (8) weeks prior to deadline
  • Can request a specific reviewer(s), but assignment will depend on reviewer’s availability 
  • Will receive critiques from at least 2 reviewers by at least 3 weeks before deadline (bullet point, ‘sticky notes’, full review); may be identified or anonymous (up to the reviewer)
  • Must affiliate grant submission with HCRI (ND faculty), HCRI will log submissions and response

Peer Review Panel

  • Brandon Ashfeld
  • Brian Blagg
  • Juan Del Valle
  • Norman Dovichi
  • David Go
  • Bradley Smith
  • Sharon Stack
  • Richard Taylor
  • Olaf Wiest
  • Jeremiah Zartman
  • Pinar Zorlutuna

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT A GRANT FOR REVIEW