Please substantiate and justify comments. To the extent possible, your comments should reflect the level of enthusiasm you have expressed in your suggested merit grade. In other words, if your suggested grade is poor, then your critique should specify significant faults and weaknesses. Pending applications are to be looked at for scientific and budgetary overlap only. These applicants are expected to be independent investigators.
Academic title is usually associate professor, professor or equivalent.
Extramural funding obtained by the investigator, particularly via national competition. Concerns about independence should be factored into the merit score. Concerns about an applicant's eligibility for reasons other than those pertaining to independence, as described above, should not be factored into the merit score. Rather, they should be noted as a policy concern. Please do not use words that would indicate the race, gender or age of the applicant.