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HRD-77-67 1 (1977-03-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaacbx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -1 / D -7 -7 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 U 77 LM101732 March 4, 1977 The Honorable Ray Thornton Chairman, Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology Committee on Science and Technology House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: In accordance with the November 7, 1975 request of former Subcommittee Chairman James W. Symington and subsequent agree- ments with the Subcommittee office, we monitored the study jointly commissioned by the Subcommittee and the National Science Board to -obtain information through questionnaires about the scientific community's views of the National Science Foundation peer review process. In November 1975, the Foundation mailed questionnaires to a random sample of 1,552 individuals, selected from its file of about 31,000 individuals, who had reviewed a research proposal for the Foundation in fiscal year 1974. Question- naires were also mailed to 3,256 individuals who were randomly selected from the Foundation's file of applicants who submit- ted about 20,000 proposals which were awarded, declined, or withdrawn in fiscal year 1975. The questionnaires asked the reviewers and applicants their experiences with the Founda- tion's proposal review process, their opinions of the review procedures, and their feelings regarding various possible modifications. Dr. Deborah R. Hensler 1/ was employed by the Foundation as a private consultant to assist in the survey design by analyzing the responses to the questionnaires and reporting the results to the Subcommittee and the National Science Board. 1/Dr. Hensler has a Ph.D in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is an Associate Head of Rand Corporation's Social Science Department with primary responsibility for coordinating survey research. HRD-77-67

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