Scientific Review Officer

Job Title Scientific Review Officer
Location Maryland

Remote

Weekly Hours: FT: 3040 hours per week

Overall Position Summary and Objectives

This position will provide support services to satisfy the overall operational objectives

Min Education PhD

Skills

Technical Writing

• Peer review process for grants

Software

• Microsoft office
• SharePoint
• Outlook

Field of Study

• Neuroscience
• Physiology
• Miscellaneous Psychology

Statement of Work Details

• Performs administrative review of research grant applications.
• Identifies specific areas of expertise for peer review panels searches databases and resources and prepares lists of potential reviewers.
• Validates and enters information into databases.
• Identifies involved persons who must be on a conflictofinterest list and identifies deficiencies which must be addressed prior to review.
• Attends peer review meetings to take notes for use when preparing the final summary of documentation of meeting proceedings.
• Obtains written critiques from reviewers.
• Evaluates incoming reviews for completeness and accuracy.

Deliverables

• Attend weekly OSR Staff meetings. Weekly
• Attend an inperson OSR Staff meeting. BiAnnually
• Attend monthly Review
• Policy Committee (RPC) meeting. Monthly
• Attend monthly Extramural Research Staff meetings. Monthly
• Attend any ad hoc meetings. AdHoc
• Work products and documents related to referring applications to identified reviewers; serve as liaison between federal staff and reviewers; enter reviewer data into the Committee Management system in order to prepare peer review rosters. AdHoc
• Work products and documents related to analysing and validating payment information; clarify and communicate administrative and policy requirements associated with peer review; ensure that high quality written reviews are obtained; obtain written critiques. AdHoc
• Work products and documents related to attending study section meetings; take note of discussions; write and edit summary statements including the resume of) discussion. AdHoc
• Work products and documents related to coordinating critiques from expert reviewers; evaluate incoming reviews for completeness and accuracy; provide recommendations for followup; organize and plan facetoface video conferences and virtual review meetings. AdHoc
• Work products and documents related to identifying and coordinating the participation of reviewers for each application received; identify and select reviewers; assess reviewers against applications for potential conflicts of interest. AdHoc