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Selected References on NIH Peer Review

Many of these publications have been digitized for the Internet Archive

The Administration of Research at NIH, 1947-1997

  1. The Nation's Medical Research, vol. 5 of U.S. President's Scientific Research Board, Science and Public Policy: A Report to the President, by John R. Steelman, 5 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1947), (Steelman Report).
  2. National Science Foundation/Special Committee on Medical Research (NSF/SCMR) Records, manuscripts collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, (Long Committee records; report never published in other than manuscript form).
  3. United States, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of the Secretary. The Advancement of Medical Research and Education Through the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Final Report of the Secretary's Consultants of Medical Research and Education. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 27 June 1958, (Stanhope Bayne-Jones Report).
  4. United States, Senate, Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare, Committee of Consultants on Medical Research. Federal Support of Medical Research. Report of the Committee of Consultants of Medical Research, 86th Cong., 2d sess., May 1960. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1960, (“Bo” Jones Report)
  5. U.S. President's Science Advisory Committee. Scientific Progress, the Universities, and the Federal Government. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1960.
  6. United States, Congress, House, Committee on Government Operations. Health Research and Training: The Administration of Grants and Awards by the National Institutes of Health. Second Report by the Committee on Government Operations, 87th Cong., 1st sess., 28 April 1961, House Rept. No. 321. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1961.
  7. United States, Congress, House, Committee on Government Operations. Health Research and Training. Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, 87th Cong., 1st sess., 1 and 2 August 1961. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1961.
  8. United States, Congress, House, Committee on Government Operations. The Administration of Grants by the National Institutes of Health. Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, 87th Cong., 2d sess., 28, 29, and 30 March 1962. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1962.
  9. United States, Congress, House, Committee on Government Operations. Administration of Grants by the National Institutes of Health (Reexamination of Management Deficiencies). Twenty-first Report by the Committee on Government Operations, 87th Cong., 2d sess., 30 June 1962, House Rept. No. 1958. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1962, (Fountain Committee Report).
  10. Background Information on the National Institutes of Health for the Wooldridge Committee. Parts I & II. Bethesda , Maryland : NIH, January, 1964.
  11. National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Committee on Sciences and Public Policy. Federal Support of Basic Research in Institutions of Higher Learning. A Report of the Committee on Science and Public Policy of the National Research Council. Washington . NAS-NRC Printing and Publishing Office, March 1964, (Kistiakowsky Report)
  12. United States, Congress, House, Select Committee on Government Research. Study Number 1: Administration of Research and Development Grants. Reports of the Select Committee on Government Research. 88th Cong., 2d sess., 31 July 1964, House Resolution No. 504, Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1964, (Elliott Committee).
  13. The President's Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke. Report to the President: A National Program to Conquer Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke. Volume I. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, December 1964; Volume II, February, 1965.
  14. United States, Congress, House, Committee on Government Operations. Management of Research Grants in the Public Health Service. Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, 89th Cong., 1st sess., 29 and 30 June 1965. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1965.
  15. United States, President's NIH Study Committee. Biomedical Science and Its Administration: A Study of the National Institutes of Health. Report to the President. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, February 1965, (Wooldridge Committee Report).
  16. United States, Department of Health Education, and Welfare, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health and Scientific Affairs. Report of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on the Management of National Institutes of Health Research Contracts and Grants. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 29 March 1966, (Ruina Report).
  17. United States, Executive Office of the President, Bureau of the Budget. The Administration of Government-Supported Research at Universities. Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office, March 1966, (Westrate Report).
  18. United States, Congress, House, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Investigation of HEW. Report of the Special Subcommittee on Investigation of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. 89th Cong., 2d sess., 13 October 1966, House Rept. No. 2266. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1966, (Rogers Report).
  19. United States, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service. The Advancement of Knowledge for the Nation's Health: A Report to the President on the Research Programs of the National Institutes of Health. Prepared under the direction of the Office of Program Planning, National Institutes of Health. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, July 1967, (Whittaker Report, American Medical Association).
  20. United States, Congress, House, Committee on Government Operations. The Administration of Research Grants in the Public Health Service. Ninth Report by the Committee on Government Operations, 90th Cong., 1st sess., 20 October 1967, House Rept. No. 800. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1967, (2nd Fountain Committee Report).
  21. United States, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The Research Grant Programs of the Public Health Service: Issues and Considerations Relating to the Ninth Report of the House Committee on Government Operations. Washington , D.C. : DHEW, February 1968, (HEW response to the 2nd Fountain Committee Report).
  22. United States, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Research Contract Management at the National Institutes of Health. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, April 1969, (HEW response to 2nd Fountain Committee Report).
  23. United States, General Accounting Office, Comptroller General of the United States . Administration of Contracts and Grants for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare B-164031(2). General Accounting Office, 5 March 1971.
  24. Association of American Medical Colleges, Council of Academic Societies. “A Policy for Biomedical Research: Report of an Ad Hoc Committee of the Council of Academic Societies.” Journal of Medical Education 46 (1971): 691-743. (Welt Report of the ad hoc Committee of the Council of Academic Societies of the Association of American Medical Colleges).
  25. United States , Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology. Scientific and Educational Basis for Improving Health. Report of the Panel on Biological and Medical Science of the President's Science Advisory Committee. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1972.
  26. President's Advisory Panel on Heart Disease. Report to the President. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1 September 1972
  27. Report of NIH Program Mechanisms Committee. Unpublished, February 14, 1973, (Cooper Report).
  28. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. National Cancer Program. Report of the National Cancer Advisory Board. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, DHEW Publication No. (NIH) 74-471, January 1973.
  29. United States, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Heart and Lung Institute. National Heart, Blood Vessel, Lung, and Blood Program. First Annual Report of the National Heart and Lung Advisory Council. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office December 17, 1973.
  30. United States, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer institute. National Cancer Program. Report of the National Cancer Advisory Board. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, DHEW Publication Number (NIH) 75-471, 1974
  31. United States, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Service, National Heart and Lung Institute. National Heart, Blood Vessel, Lung, and Blood Program. Second Annual Report of the National Heart and Lung Advisory Council. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, DHEW Publication N0. (NIH) 75-747, 13 December 1974.
  32. Kennedy, Senator Edward M. “The 1975 Nobel Prize in Medicine.” Congressional Record, Senate, Vol. 121 (Number 166), pages S19543-S 19535, 10 November 1975.
  33. O'Brien, Kevin. “The Organization and Administration of Medical Research,” unpublished manuscript prepared for the World Health Organization, 1974.
  34. U.S. President's Biomedical Research Panel. Report of the President's Biomedical Research Panel, April 30, 1976; 4 appendixes, 4 suppl. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, DHEW Publication Nos. (OS) 76-500 through 76-509, 1976.
  35. Disclosure of Research Information: Report of the President's Biomedical Research Panel. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, June 30, 1976 (DHEW Publication No. (OS) 76-513).
  36. United States, Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Heart and Lung Institute. National Heart, Blood Vessel, Lung, and Blood Program. Tenth Annual Report of the National Heart and Lung Advisory Council. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1982 (NIH Publication No. 84-2356).
  37. U.S. President's Cancer Panel, Findings and Recommendations of the President's Cancer Panel for Improvements in the Peer Review System at the NCI and the NIH. Washington , D.C. : Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1984.
  38. Report of a Study, Responding to Health Needs and Scientific Opportunity : The Organizational Structure at the National Institutes of Health. Washington , D.C. : National Academy Press, October 1984.
  39. Personnel Needs and Training for Biomedical and Behavioral Research: The 1985 Report of the Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel. Washington D.C. : National Academy Press, 1985.
  40. Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health, DRG Peer Review Trends, Statistics and Analysis Branch. Bethesda , MD : NIH, 1985 (Government Document No. HE 20 3045/2).
  41. United States, Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Heart and Lung Institute. National Heart, Blood Vessel, Lung, and Blood Program. Twelfth Annual Report of the National Heart and Lung Advisory Council. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1985 (NIH Publication No. 85-2352).
  42. United States, Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Heart and Lung Institute. National Heart, Blood Vessel, Lung, and Blood Program. Thirteenth Annual Report of the National Heart and Lung Advisory Council. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1986 (NIH Publication No. 86-2702).
  43. Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel, The Career Achievements of NIH Postdoctoral Trainees and Fellows. Washington D.C. : National Academy Press, 1986.
  44. United States, Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Heart and Lung Institute. National Heart, Blood Vessel, Lung, and Blood Program. Fifteenth Annual Report of the National Heart and Lung Advisory Council. Washington , D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1988 (NIH Publication No. 88-2734).
  45. Review of the NIH Biomedical Research Training Programs. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, October 1989. (Unpublished).
  46. Committee on Biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel, Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council, in collaboration with the National Institute of Medicine, Biomedical and Behavioral Research: Their Training and Supply. Volume I, Findings. Washington , D.C. : National Academy Press, 1989.
  47. Finding the Balance: Report of the NIMH Intramural Research Program (IRP) Planning Committee. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, February 1997.
  48. National Institute of Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program Advisory Committee Report. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Drug Abuse, May 1997.

Peer Review Bibliography

  1. Carter, Grace M. Peer Review, Citations, and Biomedical Research Policy: NIH Grants to Medical School Faculty. Rand Corporation document R-1583-HEW, 1974.
  2. Better Controls Needed Over Biomedical Research Supported by the NIH: Report to the Congress by the Comptroller General of the United States. (HRD-76-58). Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, July 22, 1976.
  3. Grants Peer Review Study Team, Report to the Director, NIH. Phase I, December 1976.
  4. Bondurant, Stuart. “Peer Review of Research Grants by NIH Study Sections,” Clinical Research 25 (1977): 297-305.
  5. Grants Peer Review: Report to the Director, NIH. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health administrative document, 1976. Analysis of Survey Responses and Comments, 1977 and Phase II of the Report to the Director, 1978. (Report of the NIH Grants Peer Review Study Team).
  6. DRG Peer Review Trends: Workload and Actions of DRG Study Sections, 1975-1985. National Institutes of Health, 1986.
  7. Information Systems Branch, Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health, DRG Peer Review Trends, Member Characteristics: DRG Study Sections, Institute Review Groups, Advisory Councils and Boards, 1977-1986. National Institutes of Health, 1987.
  8. Strickland, Stephen P. The Story of the NIH Grants Programs. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1988.
  9. National Institutes of Health, Report of the NIH Peer Review Committee. December, 1988. (Unpublished).
  10. Cuca, Janet M. Scientific, Social, and Other Factors in the Evaluation of Applications for NIH Research Grants. Ph.D. dissertation, Catholic University, 1990. Ann Arbor, MI: UMD Dissertation Services, 1990
  11. Division of Research Grants, Peer Review Trends: Workloads and Actions of DRG Study Sections, 1980-1990. NIH, 1991.
  12. GAO Report, “Peer Review: Reforms Needed to Ensure Fairness in Federal Agency Grant Selection,” NIH, 1994.
  13. Intramural Research Program: Report of the External Advisory Committee of the Director's Advisory Committee and Implementation Plan and Progress Report. NIH, 1994, unpublished.
  14. Richard Mandel, A Half Century of Peer Review, 1946-1996. Bethesda, Maryland: Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health, 1996.
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