What is the purpose of the Area Director’s and National Program Leader’s approval?
This assures that projects meet National Program expectations and Area needs. • What is the Area Office’s Role in Peer Review? The Area works with the Institute/Center Director, Research Leader and the location in the process of preparing, reviewing and approving all peer review related documents. They work closely with ONP to ensure that each plan’s objectives and approaches are consistent with the NP goals and they provide direction and instruction thru the local line managers to ARS researchers in meeting scientific quality requirements and in addressing the recommendations and suggestions of peer reviewers. The Area monitors deadlines for the OSQR process. Finally, they provide feedback to the Research Leaders on their unit’s peer review panel scores and match their performance in peer review to their performance element containing their OSQR responsibility. For an example of one Area Office’s role in the ARS Peer Review Process, please click here (Mid South Area Office’s Role in t
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