Quiz Yourself on Security and Confidentiality in NIH Peer Review: Rules, Responsibilities and Possible Consequences

Maintaining security and confidentiality in the NIH peer review process is essential. We would like to remind the extramural community of the federal statutes, regulations, and NIH policies regarding peer review security and confidentiality; their responsibilities for abiding by those rules; and possible actions that the NIH (in coordination with other offices) may take and consequences that may ensue from a violation of those rules. Check your knowledge with the following quiz. True or False? Only peer reviewers need to abide by the rules and responsibilities of maintaining security and confidentiality in peer review. ANSWER: FALSE. Participants and stakeholders include but are not limited to: Project Directors/Principal Investigators (PD/PIs), Key Personnel, and officials of applicant organizations and offerors, and others operating on their behalf; and Peer reviewers (temporary and appointed) and NIH National Advisory Council (NAC) members (temporary and appointed). True or False? Peer reviewers can have someone on their staff, such as an assistant, log in for them, check their conflicts, and post their critiques. ANSWER: FALSE. You may never share with anyone your government issued credentials or login for accessing secure government systems used to support NIH peer review, so sharing your Internet Assisted Review (IAR) login is prohibited. True or False? Peer reviewers may not share a grant application with a colleague, even if just to clarify an aspect of the applicat...
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