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 The Office of Scientific Quality Review (OSQR)
 The Office of Scientific Quality Review is a congressionally mandated entity, independent and objective within the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), tasked with ensuring the highest scientific quality for the Agency’s People, Projects, and Programs.
 **OSQR VISION** To be a trusted contributor to the value, safety, and integrity of American agricultural research, and to ensure that ARS remains a leader in delivering effective and innovative scientific solutions that address domestic and international agricultural needs.
 **OSQR MISSION** Our mission is to promote effectiveness and integrity as a staff to administer quality peer reviews of USDA’s people, projects and programs; to ensure accountability of the Agency’s research and the scientists who conduct it; to achieve greater efficiency, and program improvement by providing unique expert perspective on the science foundation of ARS.
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 Research Position Evaluation System (RPES)
 Project PlanPeer Review (PPPR)
 National Program Retrospective Assessment (NPRA)
 Coordinates classification of ARS Category 1 research scientists positions
 Coordinates peer review of ALL ARS funded intramural research project plans
 Coordinates the retrospective evaluation of ALL ARS National Programs
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 **Marquea King, Ph.D.**Directormarquea.king@usda.govPhone:(301) 504-3283 **Linda Daly-Lucas**Program Analystlinda.dalylucas@usda.govPhone:(301) 504-3282 **Michele Shaw**Program Analystmichele.shaw@usda.govPhone:(301) 504-3282 ****
 **Dana Lamberti**Program Management Specialistdana.lamberti@usda.govPhone:(301) 504-1566 **Kim Melton**Program Support Assistantkim.melton@usda.govPhone:(301) 504-1448 **Weidong Chen****, Ph.D**.Scientific Quality Review Officer (SQRO)weidong.chen@usda.govPhone:(509) 335-9178


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