1. Postdoc Workshop David Goodstein March 16, 2004, BI Auditorium The Process of Review and Funding

2. The Reward System and the Power Structure Ph.D. Postdoc Junior Faculty Senior Faculty Prizes, Awards Endowed Chair National Academy Nobel Prize Immortality Contract officer Journal Editor Dept. Chair Dean, Provost President Agency Head

3. Types of Peer Review NSF NIH ONR DOE Non-Government Foundations Annenberg/CPB Packard

4. Topics Who are the referees? How are they picked? Who actually reads your proposal? What goes on in the reviewer’s room Are proposals judged on scientific merit? What about new investigators?

5. Problems With Refereeing Single investigator anonymous peer review (applies to journal articles too) Conflict of Interest War stories NSF Scoring System PRAT

6. Finally… The California Council on Science and Technology PIER Review