[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR350.52]

[Page 249]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
            REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 350--DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH PROJECTS AND CENTERS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart F--How Does the Secretary Make an Award?
 
Sec.  350.52  What is the composition of a peer review panel?

    (a) The Secretary selects as members of a peer review panel 
scientists and other experts in rehabilitation or related fields who are 
qualified, on the basis of training, knowledge, or experience, to give 
expert advice on the merit of the applications under review.
    (b) Applications for awards of $60,000 or more, except those for the 
purposes of evaluation, dissemination of information, or conferences, 
must be reviewed by a peer review panel that consists of a majority of 
non-Federal members.
    (c) In selecting members to serve on a peer review panel, the 
Secretary takes into account all of the following factors:
    (1) The level of formal scientific or technical education completed 
by potential panel members.
    (2)(i) The extent to which potential panel members have engaged in 
scientific, technical, or administrative activities appropriate to the 
category of applications that the panel will consider;
    (ii) The roles of potential panel members in those activities; and
    (iii) The quality of those activities.
    (3) The recognition received by potential panel members as reflected 
by awards and other honors from scientific and professional agencies and 
organizations outside the Department.
    (4) Whether the panel includes knowledgeable individuals with 
disabilities, or parents, family members, guardians, advocates, or 
authorized representatives of individuals with disabilities.
    (5) Whether the panel includes individuals from diverse populations.

(Authority: Secs. 18 and 202(e); 29 U.S.C. 717 and 761a(e))