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Reviewers

Pre-Meeting

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Access IAR

Fill Out Personal Profile; Reviewer Reimbursement Info

Certify Confidentiality Statement

Certify Employment

Check Conflicts (Recruitment Phase)

Certify Pre-Meeting COI

Take Required Review Integrity & Bias Awareness Training

Access Meeting Materials

Access Applications

Access Critique Template(s)

Submit & Manage Word Critiques, Scores

Fill Out and Submit Online Critiques

View Other Reviewers Critiques

At Meeting

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Submit Final Scores

Post-Meeting

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Certify Post-Meeting COI

Edit Critiques

Step-by-step instructions and additional resources for reviewers on how to access the application they are to review.

After signing the confidentiality agreement, reviewers can log in to eRA Commons/IAR and access their applications from the List of All Applications screen. Cannot see all applications? That is because the default view is the List of My Assigned Applications screen. To see other applications, click on the List of All Applications screen.

IMPORTANT: On the List of My Assigned Applications screen, the Application Number (Opportunity Number) column includes a folder icon (). Clicking the icon opens the application(s).

Basic Tasks (step-by-step instructions)*

How to access grant applications

* You must be logged into IAR via eRA Commons with appropriate role(s) to complete these activities.

Main Screenshots

Figure 1: The List of My Assigned Applications screen with applications listed. Slide the toggler for Show only Assigned Applications to display the assigned applications.

The drop-down global navigation menu available from several IAR screens that provides a quick link to the List of Applications screen.

Figure 2: The drop-down global navigation menu available from several IAR screens that provides a quick link to the List of Applications screen.

Additional Resources

Reviewers: Accessing Grant Applications and Meeting Materials Through IAR — (video, 4:01 minutes)
This tutorial walks reviewers through the process of accessing grant applications in IAR and meeting materials provided by a scientific review officer (SRO) for a review meeting.

This page last updated on May 29, 2024
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