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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL



Report To The Congress

OF THE UNITED STATES


Better Accountability Procedures

Needed In NSF And NIH

Research Grant Systems


The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded
$2.2 billion in fiscal year 1980 for the support
of basic research at colleges and universities. Peer
review (expert advice of selected researchers) is
the primary component of the research grant
scientific performance accountability systems
used for selecting research proposals to be funded.

GAO studied a random sample of NSF and NIH
basic research grants, and found that the peer re-
view and internal review systems are working
reasonably well. Although the systems are basi-
cally the same at the two agencies, the proce-
dures differ. GAO found that some of the NIH
peer review procedures have advantages over
those at NSF, but believes that changes are
needed by both agencies to improve their scien-
tific performance accountability systems.


        PAD-81.29
SEPTEMBER 30, 1981


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