To support peer reviewers we provide essential guidance, training resources, and assessment tools, including peer review guidelines, IREC resources, industry experience guidance, and external best-practice references.
Peer review guidelines
Scheme-specific peer review guidelines are available on GrantConnect. The peer review guidelines are designed specifically for peer reviewers, and outline the peer review process and associated policies for each scheme.
Disclosure of interest and suitability declaration training modules
Peer reviewers can build their knowledge on NHMRC's disclosure of interest and suitability declaration processes through our training module videos or knowledge quiz.
Sound understanding of these processes reduces peer reviewers' workload and contributes to the rigour and integrity of NHMRC's peer review system.
Indigenous Research Excellence Criteria video
This video is to assist Peer Reviewers to incorporate the Indigenous Research Excellence Criteria (or IREC) into their assessments for relevant applications.
This short video focusses on addressing the Indigenous Research Excellence Criteria featuring some of our Peer Review Mentors. Note that some of the examples provided within the video relate to the category descriptors for the Ideas Grant scheme, however the information on how to apply the IREC in peer review will also be relevant across other schemes.
View the IREC assessment information video transcript.
Guide to evaluating industry-relevant experience
Peer reviewers should appropriately recognise an applicant's industry-relevant experience and outputs. To assist peer reviewers with their assessments, see the Guide to evaluating industry-relevant experience.
External and international resources
Peer review for assessment of research is used throughout the world. Several agencies have developed publicly available resources that may have some overlap with NHMRC's peer review processes and objectives, and therefore assist peer reviewers to understand and undertake their roles to a high standard. Note that the links below are provided for additional reference only, and peer reviewers are required to adhere to NHMRC's peer review processes and policies for the schemes they are assessing applications for:
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research training modules
- Implicit bias training (Harvard Implicit Bias – Gender and Science test)
- San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment: Rethinking research assessment; Recommendation on metrics
- Coalition on Advancing Research Assessment: Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment.