The Studies on the Criterion for Selecting Grants Based on Peer Review of General Proposals Received by National Natural Science Foundation of China
Although comments from reviewers are very important in peer review,how to select grants for funding based on reviewers'comments is also indispensable.As making a decision for funding of one proposal,a grant manager needs the help of an appreciable criterion,which is a indicator of reflecting the quality of proposals,in order to pick out grants fairly and conveniently from evaluated proposals.The criterion is a prerequisite for summarizing scientifically comments from different reviewers for one proposal,which help managers to rule out the possibility of unfairness in selecting grants.The quantitative criterion should be a good choice for selecting grants for funding from many evaluated proposals.
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