Are There Restrictions Or Conflicts That Apply To Serving As Reviewer?
Yes. If any of the following apply as a relationship with any of the key personnel on a proposal, you are ineligible to serve as a peer reviewer for the proposal: (i) Co-author on any publication (print or digital), within the past three (3) years; (ii) Collaborator on teaching, research and/or extension projects, within the past three (3) years, or pending/planned future collaborations; (iii) Consulting arrangement, financial arrangement or any other conflict or interest, within the past three (3) years; (iv) Advisee/advisor on thesis, or dissertation, or postdoctoral training. There is a lifetime conflict for a major professor-advisee relationship. There is a three-year conflict for service on graduate committees, or as academic or professional mentor, including postdoctoral mentor; and (v) Belonging to same institution. If you have moved from an institution, there is a one-year institutional conflict. Additionally, the above restrictions (i – iv) apply.
