NSF tightens conflict-of-interest rules for grant reviewers amid workforce shortages
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The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is implementing stricter conflict-of-interest rules for its staff and peer reviewers who assess grant proposals. The changes come at a challenging time as the agency has lost roughly one-third of its workforce over the past 18 months. Researchers worry the new restrictions will further complicate workloads at the already understaffed agency, which relies heavily on volunteer external reviewers to evaluate and recommend funding for grant proposals.
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· 3 pulledThe U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is tightening conflict-of-interest (COI) restrictions for its staff and peer reviewers in a move many researchers worry will further complicate workloads at the agency
NSF primarily uses panels composed of volunteer reviewers recruited from outside the agency to assess grant proposals and help decide which it should fund
the agency, which has lost roughly one-third of its workforce over the past 18 months
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