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NIH Puts Kibosh on Generative AI in Proposal Reviews
SSTI, 2023
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- What it is
- A 2023 summary from SSTI of NIH notice NOT-OD-23-149, which quotes the notice's reasons for barring peer reviewers from generative AI tools when they analyze or critique grant applications.
- How much weight it carries
- A secondary summary that quotes the NIH notice directly. The NIH page blocked our automated fetch, so the quoted wording was checked on this page. Read the NIH notice itself before relying on exact wording.
Facts taken from this source
- 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.
“reviewers are prohibited from using AI tools in analyzing and critiquing NIH grant applications and R&D contract proposals” (Quoted NIH notice, paragraph beginning 'AI tools have no guarantee')