CHARM's Developmental Core offers 4 types of peer reviews:
Click here to see the Peer Review Services Summary for 2025.
CHARM provides users the opportunity to receive feedback on an aims page under development to evaluate the key aspects of significance and innovation in early stages of the grant proposal process. Concept peer reviews will include up to 3 reviewers and are scheduled for 1 hour. It may take up to 3 weeks to schedule a review therefore we encourage users to submit a request early in the grant-writing process. Initial requests must include: The aims page must be sent to charm@miami.edu at least 10 calendar days before the date of the concept peer review. Additionally, the PI may submit a list of questions for discussion during the review.
CHARM organizes mock review meetings of grant proposals prior to submission. NIH scoring and written critiques are provided. Full peer review meetings a) include up to 3 reviewers, b) are scheduled approximately 4 weeks in advance of an NIH AIDS application deadline, and c) are up to 1 hour per application. Materials for the full peer review must be sent to CHARM in advance of the review meeting. Junior faculty should schedule a Concept Peer Review in advance of a Full Peer Review. The schedule for full peer reviews for NIH AIDS deadline applications follows. Initial requests must include: The following sections must be sent to charm@miami.edu in 1 email by the appropriate deadline (see “Grant Sections Due” above): Full peer reviews are also available for non-NIH AIDS applications. To initiate the peer review process for a non-NIH AIDS application, please submit a request for a full peer review and provide the following information at least 10 weeks before the grant deadline: Please plan to have most major sections of your grant ready for distribution to the reviewers by no later than 8 weeks before the grant deadline.
NIH AIDS Application Deadline
Deadline to Submit Request to CHARM
Grant Sections Due to CHARM
Estimated Peer Review Meeting Date
May 7, 2025
February 28, 2025
March 14, 2025
April 4, 2025
September 7, 2025
June 23, 2025
July 7, 2025
August 1, 2025
January 7, 2026
October 27, 2025
November 10, 2025
December 5, 2025
CHARM will provide users with the opportunity to receive assistance in analyzing summary statements to determine how best to pursue the research questions in a resubmission. Summary statement reviews will have up to 2 reviewers and will be up to 1-hour. If the PI plans to resubmit the grant by a specific deadline, a request for a summary statement review must be received no later than 60 days before the deadline. All initial requests for a summary statement review must include the following:
CHARM will provide feedback on a manuscript as it nears submission to increase the likelihood of acceptance. Manuscript reviews will have up to 2 reviewers and will be up to 1-hour. Written critiques will be provided. All initial requests for a manuscript pre-review must include the following: The draft of the manuscript should be sent to charm@miami.edu at least 3 weeks before the date of the manuscript pre-review meeting. Deadlines may be adjusted upon request.