[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 15]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR3401.17]

[Page 319]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XXXIV--COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION 
                   SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3401_RANGELAND RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B_Scientific Peer Review of Research Applications for Funding
 
Sec. 3401.17  Review criteria.

    (a) Federally funded research supported under these provisions shall 
be designed to, among other things, accomplish one or more of the 
following purposes:
    (1) Improve management of rangelands as an integrated system and/or 
watershed;
    (2) Remedy unstable or unsatisfactory rangeland conditions;
    (3) Increase revegetation and/or rehabilitation of rangelands;
    (4) Examine the health of rangelands; and
    (5) Define economic parameters associated with rangelands.
    (b) In carrying out its review under Sec. 3401.16, the peer review 
panel will use the following form upon which the evaluation criteria to 
be used are enumerated, unless, pursuant to Sec. 3401.7(a), different 
evaluation criteria are specified in the annual solicitation of 
proposals for a particular program:

                         Peer Panel Scoring Form

Proposal Identification No._____________________________________________

Institution and Project Title___________________________________________

                          I. Basic Requirement:

    Proposal falls within guidelines? ---------- Yes ---------- No. If 
no, explain why proposal does not meet guidelines under comment section 
of this form.

                         II. Selection Criteria:

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                                                       Score X
                                       Score   Weight   weight  Comments
                                       1-10    factor   factor
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1. Overall scientific and technical   ......       10  .......  ........
 quality of proposal................
2. Scientific and technical quality   ......       10  .......  ........
 of the approach....................
3. Relevance and importance of        ......        6  .......  ........
 proposed research to solution of
 specific areas of inquiry..........
4. Feasibility of attaining           ......        5  .......  ........
 objectives; adequacy of
 professional training and
 experience, facilities and
 equipment..........................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Score___________________________________________________________________

Summary Comments________________________________________________________

    (c) Proposals satisfactorily meeting the guidelines will be 
evaluated and scored by the peer review panel for each criterion 
utilizing a scale of 1 through 10. A score of one (1) will be considered 
low and a score of ten (10) will be considered high for each selection 
criterion. A weighted factor is used for each criterion.