Tag: priority score

Trofim Lysenko
Politics and RegulationScience and Medicine

The opposite of “transparency”: Sneaking Lysenkoism into NIH peer review

On Friday, the NIH released an RFI (request for Information) on a proposed new format for reporting the scores of grant applications determined by study sections. If implemented, this new system will make it easier to hide political manipulation of grant funding.

/ August 17, 2026
The NIH grant process is not The Godfather.
Basic ScienceMedical AcademiaScience and Medicine

Improving how the NIH decides which grants to fund: Reality vs. conspiracy

Last week, the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a plan to decrease the problem of reputational bias in grant funding. I couldn't help but contrast how hard the NIH tries to use the most rigorous scientific criteria to decide whose grants to fund with the conspiracy theory that Anthony Fauci personally doles out NIH dollars like a mob boss...

/ December 12, 2022