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2 Grantee Selection Process
Pages 21-28

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... PEER REVIEW PROCESS A general outline of the proposal selection process, based on peer review, is shown in Figure 2-1. The peer review process was created by the NIAC staff, with advice from the NIAC Science Council, whose members included accomplished technical leaders as well as researchers in emerging technical areas, in order to ensure a fair and objective process.
From page 22...
... 24. For Phase II awards, the reviewers analyzed each proposal with respect to the following specific questions: 1.
From page 23...
... The ANSER Corporation provided valuable assistance to the peer review process through a search of its archives, knowledge bases and additional resources. These information databases were used to provide additional background on prior and ongoing advanced concept research efforts sponsored by NASA and non-NASA sources.1 The review process began with an initial internal evaluation of proposals for competitiveness.
From page 24...
... In order to ensure a continuous refreshment of the available expertise representing newly emerging technologies within the scientific community, the NIAC leadership continually recruits additional reviewers for each new peer review cycle. NIAC peer reviewers recruited by USRA include senior research executives in private industry, senior research faculty in universities, specialized researchers in both industry and universities, and aerospace consultants.
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... All of these mechanisms for finding reviewers were commensurate with general practices at the National Science Foundation and other federal funding agencies. The total number of reviewers as of 2003 was 163.
From page 26...
... This represents a success rate of 32.6 percent. Figure 2-2 illustrates the total number of Phase II awards by category for the life of NIAC.
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... Phase I Reviewed Submissions Phase I Awards Phase II Reviewed Submissions Phase II Awards FIGURE 2-2 Reviewed submissions and awards over the life of NIAC.


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