Interested in becoming a reviewer for NSF?

The National Science Foundation (NSF) uses a merit review process to ensure that all proposals submitted are reviewed in a fair, competitive, transparent, and in-depth manner. The success of this process enables NSF to make wise investments in all fields of science and engineering research and education.

The NSF strives to increase both the size and diversity of the pool of reviewers to ensure that the NSF merit review process benefits by receiving broad input from a variety of different perspectives. To implement peer review, NSF depends upon the reviewer community for nearly 240,000 reviews per year. You can help by volunteering to review proposals in your area of expertise. In addition to providing a great service to NSF and the science and engineering community, reviewers benefit from reviewing and serving on panels (for which NSF pays travel expenses).

Importantly, reviewers gain first-hand knowledge of the peer review process; learn about common problems with proposals; discover strategies to write strong proposals; and, through serving on a panel, meet colleagues and NSF program officers managing programs related to your interests.

Interested?

To become an NSF reviewer, send an e-mail to the NSF program officer(s) of the program(s) that fits your expertise. Introduce yourself and identify your areas of expertise, and let them know that you are interested in becoming a peer reviewer. Attach a 2-page CV with your current contact information.

If you need to find the appropriate NSF Program Officer to contact, go to the NSF Website: www.nsf.gov. Select the Quick Links tab at the top of the home page. This will take you to the selected home page. The "Contact US" column provides contact information for Program Officers and the programs they manage.

For additional information, visit the website - http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/merit_review/index.jsp.