[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 15]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR3415.11]

[Page 427]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XXXIV--COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION 
                   SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3415_BIOTECHNOLOGY RISK ASSESSMENT RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart B_Scientific Peer Review of Research Grant Applications
 
Sec. 3415.11  Composition of peer review groups.

    (a) Peer review group members and ad hoc reviewers will be selected 
based upon their training and experience in relevant scientific or 
technical fields, taking into account the following factors:
    (1) The level of formal scientific or technical education by the 
individual and the extent to which an individual is engaged in relevant 
research activities;
    (2) The need to include as peer reviewers experts from various areas 
of specialization within relevant scientific or technical fields;
    (3) The need to include as peer reviewers experts from a variety of 
organizational types (e.g., universities, Federal laboratories, 
industry, private consultant(s), Federal and State regulatory agencies, 
environmental organizations) and geographic locations; and
    (4) The need to maintain a balanced composition of peer review 
groups related to minority and female representation and an equitable 
age distribution.
    (b) [Reserved]