![Leaders from a two-day inaugural Global Summit on Merit Review, hosted by the National Science Foundation (NSF), released a set of merit review principles and established a Global Research Council [image courtesy NSF].](http://www.cccblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/global_summit1_f.jpeg "Leaders from a two-day inaugural Global Summit on Merit Review, hosted by the National Science Foundation (NSF), released a set of merit review principles and established a Global Research Council [image courtesy NSF].")
Back in January, the National Science Board (NSB) released a report – National Science Foundation’s Merit Review Criteria: Review and Revisions – recommending that NSF “better define the two criteria for the benefit of the science community.” The report specified three principles governing the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) approach to utilizing these criteria. Last month, the NSF, together with research councils from 50 countries, established a Global Research Council and issued six merit review principles at the conclusion of the first-ever Global Summit on Merit Review.
The principles (following the link):
» Read more: NSF-Led Merit Review Global Summit Results in Six Principles
