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Peer review is an essential part of our grant assessment process. Our group currently has more than 300 members from all over the world, at various career stages and based in both academia and industry. Our grant reviewers provide expert and impartial reviews, allowing our grant decision panels to make considered funding decisions.

Please note that we are currently not recruiting additional reviewers to join this group.

See the full list of our Peer Group members

Why join the Researcher Grants Peer Review Group? 

As a researcher, you鈥檒l know that peer review is a vital part of the funding ecosystem. Being a peer reviewer can therefore help you to develop as a researcher by:

1. Improving your own grant-writing skills. Seeing the grant-awarding process from the perspective of a reviewer can help you to understand how assessors think and therefore what makes a strong grant application.
2. Bolstering your CV and future job applications by including your membership of our Peer Review Group and details of the skills you鈥檝e developed.
3. Keeping up to date with what is happening in your field and the wider community.

Eligibility 

To participate in the Researcher Grants Peer Review Group you must:

• be an RSC member (AMRSC/MRSC/FRSC) 
• hold a PhD (or similar) in chemistry or other related sciences or equivalent experience
• be actively working in scientific research (including academic and industry)

How we assign reviewers 

When assigning applications to reviewers, we consider:

• Subject expertise 
• Level of experience of the reviewer. For example, some schemes require reviewers to be independent researchers or equivalent 
• Regional or geographical expertise for international grant schemes 
• Known potential conflicts of interest (for example, we will not assign reviewers to applications based at the same institution)