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2011 National Board for Education Sciences Annual Report
Scientific Peer Review

Research Grants Between July 2010 and May 2011, the Standards and Review Office (SRO) handled the processing and scientific peer review of applications to the Institute's FY 2011 research competitions. Across the competitions, 1,254 applications were scientifically reviewed by 27 review panels comprising 510 external reviewers. In addition, SRO worked on plans for receiving, processing, and reviewing applications to the Institute's FY 2012 research competitions, with submission deadlines of June 23 and September 22, 2011.

Institute Reports During the period from July 2010 through May 10, 2011, SRO handled the scientific peer review of 95 reports from IES Centers. Of the 95 reports, 48 were from NCES, 35 from NCEE, 11 from NCSER, and 1 from NCER and NCSER, jointly.