Reading Time: 4 minutes This week marks global Peer Review Week and we are joining the international science community in celebrating the role that peer reviewers play in the research world. What is peer review and why is it so important? Peer review involves the evaluation and assessment of scientific or academic work by those working in the same…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Back in March I mentioned that the Association’s peer review practices were being audited by the Association of Medical Research Charities. I’m pleased to say that we’ve been given a clean bill of health and are now the proud owners of a new AMRC Certificate of Good Practice. With increasing numbers of scientists seeking funding…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Form filling is tedious. For those of us of a certain age (I’m not saying any more!) online form filling is even more stressful. So recently, I ‘girded my loins’ and completed the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) 2010-11 Peer Review Audit. AMRC is a body that represents over 125 medical research charities across the UK,…
