Peer Review Process

We are instituting a voluntary peer-review process for the grant proposals. Although optional, it does have an effect on everyone, so please read the following:

- Grant proposals are now due 2 weeks after the paper has been discussed (regardless of participation in the peer review process)

- If you are interested in participating, please sign up during section this week or email your TA.

- Participants in the process will commit to the following:

1. Turning in an electronic draft of their proposal 1 week after presenting the paper (thus, 1 week before it is due). Please email this by 5pm.

2. At some point during the semester, reading and providing helpful comments on an anonymous peer's proposal. Unfortunately, you will not know before hand when you are expected to do this. You will have 2 days after the TA emails you to review the paper and email it back to them.

3. Upon receiving their anonymously-reviewed paper, the original author will have the remainder of the second week to revise the proposal and submit it by 5pm/during section the day that it is due.

Again, participation is optional, however it is highly recommended that your participate. For a little more work, you will probably benefit from receiving and giving critiques of experimental designs and written proposals.

Update: Guidelines for writing the peer review posted on MyCourses. -Natalie