Balyshev
A.V., Konnov V.I. Comparative Analysis of Peer Review
Regulation in the U.S.
National Science Foundation and the Russian Foundation for Basic
Research.
// Economics of
contemporary Russia 2010. ¹3
(50) Ñ.101-113.
The
article describes peer review procedures used by the U.S. National
Science
Foundation (NSF) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR).
Based on
the comparative analysis of the two approaches it provides a number of
recommendations for the improvement of peer review in RFBR: provision
of
additional information to grant applicants, increased reimbursement of
the
reviewers, and institution of a professional position similar to
National
Science Foundation’s program officers.
Keywords:
knowledge economy, science foundation, science policy.
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