CTSA External Reviewer Exchange Consortium (CEREC) leverages the resources and knowledge base of institutes supported by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) to enable the efficient exchange of reviewer expertise to support internal pilot funding programs.
Through collaboration, the consortiums develop strategies that promote methodological excellence, scientific transparency and innovation while minimizing conflict of interest in the review process of applications for pilot funding opportunities.
There are two active consortiums, CEREC and CEREC II.
CEREC was established in 2016 and is comprised of eight institutes to efficiently exchange reviewer expertise while minimizing conflicts of interest in the review process of grant applications.
A publication was released on October 2, 2019 entitled: “The CTSA External Reviewer Exchange Consortium (CEREC): Engagement and Efficacy,” with results from surveys of CTSA staff and expert reviewers indicating that the exchange model is highly productive (23 RFAs and 368 completed reviews) adding value for participating partners.
Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center
Medical College of Wisconsin | Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin
The Ohio State University | Center for Clinical and Translational Science
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | Translational Research Institute
University of California – Irvine | Institute for Clinical & Translational Science
University of Southern California | Clinical and Translational Science Institute
University of Washington | Institute of Translational Health Sciences
The project described was supported by the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Clinical and Translational Sciences Award: UM1 TR004927 (University of California, Irvine). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
CEREC II consists of the eight CTSA hubs listed below who formed this new cross-institutional consortium with the intention of replicating the success of the original CEREC model and validating the efficacy of the program.
Boston University Clinical & Translational Science Institute
Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative at Case Western Reserve University
Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children’s National Hospital
Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
Penn State Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute
University at Buffalo Clinical and Translational Science Institute
This work was supported by the following award from the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Clinical and Translational Sciences Award: UM1TR004402 (Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute). Special thanks to Jess West at the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute for creating the CEREC II logo.
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