# Remote Versus In-Person Merit Review Panels
> **Review** by National Science Foundation OIG · 2022-01-20
> *About: National Science Foundation*
## Report
- **Title:** Remote Versus In-Person Merit Review Panels
- **Submitting OIG:** National Science Foundation OIG
- **Component agency:** National Science Foundation
- **Type:** Review
- **Publication date:** 2022-01-20

## Recommendations

- **Rec 1** (Closed): Develop a methodology to track the cost of convening merit review panels to evaluate proposals for NSF funding.
- **Rec 2** (Closed): Identify and implement solutions to improve merit review panelist demographic data.
- **Rec 3** (Closed): Study multiple factors, including cost of merit review panelists’ travel and compensation, to inform a decision on how to conduct future merit review panels to evaluate proposals and modify guidance accordingly.
## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/remote-versus-person-merit-review-panels)
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