Slide Words: Merit Review
40,000 proposals a year
10,000 new grants; 20,000 renewed grants each year
50,000 volunteer reviewers
250,000 reviews each year

Slide Image: The photo shows a Merit Review Panel at work. Several people are working at laptop computers on a large conference room table. Two men are standing and talking together the back of the room. A woman is standing in the background by the door at right.

Photo credit: Garie Fordyce, National Science Foundation