Fact · Dictation for work and study
NIH revised its peer reviewer confidentiality agreements in 2023 so that reviewers may not use AI tools to analyze or critique grant applications, because that use breaks NIH's confidentiality requirements.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“reviewers are prohibited from using AI tools in analyzing and critiquing NIH grant applications and R&D contract proposals”
NIH Puts Kibosh on Generative AI in Proposal Reviews, SSTI, 2023, Quoted NIH notice, paragraph beginning 'AI tools have no guarantee'.
Open the original- What it measures
- NIH notice NOT-OD-23-149, dated June 2023, says AI tools have no guarantee of where submitted data are sent, saved or used, and applies the rule to grant applications and R&D contract proposals.
- What it does not show
- The rule governs NIH peer reviewers, not applicants. This fact relies on SSTI's quotation of the notice; the NIH page itself did not open in our check.