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PCORI Merit Reviewer Application

General Information

Thank you for your interest in becoming a PCORI merit reviewer. Please note that this application is intended to collect information from a diverse group of applicants and we do not expect that applicants will not have experience in every area assessed.

This application will ask for a brief personal statement (one to two paragraphs), as well as a resume or CV (optional), and should take approximately 10 minutes to complete. PCORI reviews applications on a monthly basis. Everyone who completes an application will receive an email about the results of their application.

We primarily recruit reviewers who are U.S. residents (i.e. residents of the 48 contiguous states plus Alaska and Hawaii) as a way to effectively manage the costs of our Merit Review process. If you live in North America (from Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands), you are welcome to apply. We may recruit you to serve during a review cycle if you have expertise that we do not currently have represented in our database of available reviewers. If you live outside of North America, we cannot accept your application. Thank you in advance for your understanding.

Please note: The application must be completed in one sitting. You cannot save your work and return at a later time. To go to the previous page, use the "previous" button at the bottom of the page. Do not use the back button on your internet browser. You will lose your work. Please contact us with any questions at reviewers@pcori.org.
1. Please provide the following information. *This question is required.
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4. Gender
5. What is your race?
6. What is your age?
9. Are you a federal employee? Note: this includes dual appointments with the VA hospital. *This question is required.
10. What type of reviewer best suits your credentials and interests? Please read the details before choosing.

Scientific Reviewer:
PCORI considers scientific reviewer applications for scientists with:
  • An advanced educational degree (i.e. MA, PhD, MD, MPH, etc)
  • Actively conducting patient-centered research
  • Multiple publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals since 2000
  • A current CV attached to the this application

Patient Reviewer
PCORI defines “patients” as:
  • Individuals with a specific health condition
  • Individuals at risk for a specific health condition
  • Patient advocates
  • Family members
  • Patient or caregiver organizations
Patient perspective:  We count on our patient reviewers to reflect on their experiences as patients, caregivers, or patient advocates and think about both the best and the most challenging times they have faced navigating the management of illness or injury. Is there a person, system, practice, or set of practices that you can attribute those experiences to? In reviewing your assigned applications, do you see similar people, systems, practices, or sets of practices involved in either positive or negative ways in the research? As you review the applications, imagine yourself as a partner in the research—is this something you would want to be involved in? Why or why not? Try to take a broad view and think of how you might generalize your experience to other patients with different conditions and experiences.


Stakeholder Reviewer
There are eight constituencies from the broader healthcare community that PCORI considers in its work, including:
  • Clinicians (e.g. physicians, nurses, other health professionals)
  • Payers (e.g.  private and public insurers)
  • Purchasers (e.g. employers who buy health benefits)
  • Industry members (e.g. pharmaceutical and device manufacturers)
  • Health Researcher (e.g. Think Tank, Academic Researcher, etc., or an organization that represents researchers)
  • Hospitals and Health Systems (including clinics, like community or retail health centers)
  • Policymakers (representatives of Federal, state, or local governments)
  • Training Institutions (e.g. schools of nursing or residency programs)
Stakeholder perspective:  Representatives from each stakeholder constituency bring unique and important perspectives on how research could affect healthcare practice. For example, a clinician can help us understand the research’s relevance to clinical practice, a reviewer from a payer (insurer) may have insights into the systemic burden of a condition, and a reviewer from the industry might offer some perspective on how this work fits with current private research efforts. We ask reviewers from each constituency to take a broad view and consider how an application might apply to the segment of the healthcare community they primarily represent.
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