Re: [ECOLOG-L] Fixing peer review

[David Inouye]

I have heard that the problem of finding reviewers has also been 
increasing at NSF. They have had to find an increasing number of ad 
hoc reviewers and panel members for the large increase in proposals 
that resulted from the economic stimulus bill (one-time) funding and 
the low (about 10% I think) funding rate (so many proposals are 
submitted multiple times).  I've been told that there are ecologists 
who have been well-funded by NSF for many years who have never 
provided a review, and know that there have been discussions at NSF 
about how to change that.

David Inouye (who will be an NSF program officer starting in September)