Does the committee peer review select the best applicants for funding? An investigation of the selection process for two European molecular biology organization programmes.

Does peer review fulfill its declared objective of identifying the best science and the best scientists? In order to answer this question we analyzed the Long-Term Fellowship and the Young Investigator programmes of the European Molecular Biology Organization. Both programmes aim to identify and sup...

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Main Authors: Lutz Bornmann, Gerlind Wallon, Anna Ledin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2567027?pdf=render