Peer Review and Grants Management

Top-notch organizational, technical, and communication skills, relevant experience, and program knowledge are needed to stage a successful peer review. Our qualified peer review managers, review coordinators, and grants managers coordinate a combination of onsite and online grant reviews, providing complete support from application receipt through funding notification. We follow a highly focused approach that integrates three discrete functions: data management, paper management, and people management. The majority of ESI services for both onsite and online peer reviews are the same, but a few are unique to one format or the other. Onsite reviews require site selection, reviewer travel and lodging, and onsite logistics support. For online reviews, we use advanced Web-based applications to eliminate the need for onsite services. Specific services include the following:

• Application Management
• Materials Development
• Reviewer Recruitment and Panel Assignment
• Reviewer, Applicant, and Grantee Training and Technical Assistance
• Database Development
• Online Peer Review Web Site Development
• Travel and Hotel Logistics
• Onsite Support
• Conference Call Arrangements
• Post-Review Support