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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies is Prohibited in the NIH Peer Review Process

By Bouvier Grant Group

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NIH issued NOT-OD-23-149 to inform the extramural research community that NIH reviewers are prohibited from using AI technologies as part of the peer review process. 

Reviewers are required to sign an agreement certifying that they will maintain confidentiality throughout the application review process. This includes not sharing the applications nor meeting materials with anyone who is not part of the peer review process.  Inputting grant application information to AI would constitute a breach of confidentiality.

Using AI to generate a peer review critique requires a considerable amount of information from the grant application to be input to the AI generator. Artificial intelligence tools do not guarantee where data are sent or saved, how or by whom they are viewed, nor how they might be used in the future.

The most recent NOT supplements NOT-OD-22-044, which outlines the rules and responsibilities of maintaining confidentiality during the peer review process. The original NOT also details the possible consequences for violations of confidentiality. These include termination of a peer reviewer’s service, referral for government-wide suspension or debarment, and several others.

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Dr. Meg Bouvier

Margaret Bouvier received her PhD in 1995 in Biomedical Sciences from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. After an NINDS post-doctoral fellowship, she worked as a staff writer for long-standing NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins in the Office of Press, Policy, and Communications for the Human Genome Project and NHGRI. Since 2007, Meg has specialized in editing and advising on NIH submissions, and began offering virtual courses in 2015. She's recently worked with more than 40% of the nation's highest-performing hospitals*, four of the top 10 cancer hospitals, three of the top five medical schools for research, and 14 NCI-designated cancer centers. Her experience at NIH as both a bench scientist and staff writer greatly informs her approach to NIH grantwriting. She has helped clients land over half a billion in federal funding. Bouvier Grant Group is a woman-owned small business.

*Our clients include 9 of the top 22 hospitals as recognized by the 2023/24 US News & World Report honor roll

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