Grant Review and Reviewer Training (GRRT)
Purpose
Grant Review and Reviewer Training has two aims: 1) to provide specific instruction on how to effectively review research grants, with a special emphasis on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) review process; and 2) to conduct reviews of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) research grant applications. Participants learn about the grant review process, scoring, reviewer roles, translating your written review into an oral review, and how to be a fair and effective reviewer.
The program is co-sponsored by ASHA and ASHFoundation. It is planned and coordinated by the Research and Scientific Affairs Committee and ASHA's Academic Affairs and Research Education Team.
Grant Review and Reviewer Training is part of ASHA's Academic & Research Mentoring (ARM) Network. The ARM Network offers programs for those who are considering, launching, and advancing academic-research careers in communication sciences and disorders (CSD). ASHA measures the impact of these programs by collecting participant outcomes data.
Participants
Researchers who have already been awarded federal research funding as the principal investigator (PI) or co-PI at least at the NIDCD Early-Career Research (ECR) R21 (formerly the NIDCD R03) or equivalent level may be invited to serve as reviewers. A number of scientists with long-standing records of research funding and review experience are specifically included to enrich the training environment with their expertise.
Format
Grant Review and Reviewer Training consists of three phases:
- Preparing Written Reviews
- Attend a live training on written reviews
- Conduct written review of assigned ASHFoundation research grants
- Preparing for the Review Panel
- View recorded trainings
- Participate in a live, interactive session, during which participants have the opportunity to discuss a mock review and a variety of example reviewer behaviors
- Prepare assigned oral reviews
- Participating in the virtual review panel of ASHFoundation research grant applications
Reviewers who have served as standing members of federal review panels demonstrate and explain best practices for review throughout the program. Review processes at other funding agencies are contrasted with the NIH process.
How to Attend
- Attendance is by invitation only, and is limited to approximately 30 reviewers.
- The program is held virtually in the summer.
- There is no registration fee.
For more information, please contact ASHA's Academic Affairs and Research Education unit at research@asha.org.
