AMIA Urges NIH to Preserve Transparency in Peer Review Reporting

AMIA’s comments on NIH’s proposed changes to peer-review reporting support holistic funding decisions while urging NIH to retain numerical impact scores and percentiles. AMIA recommends using categorical ratings alongside existing review information, documenting programmatic funding decisions, and piloting changes before broader implementation. The comments also emphasize preserving data for research and oversight, monitoring equity effects, supporting early-stage investigators, and clarifying how proposed categories interact with temporary review practices.