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From2008-11-08
To2008-11-10
Course

The European Genetics Foundation ( www.eurogene.org ), Telethon Italia ( www.telethon.it ), the PROGEN Consortium (www.consorzioprogen.it) and the University of Bologna (www.unibo.it) are organizing a course devoted to the training of scientific officers responsible of the organization of the peer review of research projects in all areas of science.
The aim of this first course is to provide a platform of information/discussion on the themes related to the implementation of the best practices of peer review by public and private granting agencies, as well as to provide hands-on tutorials spanning the whole granting process, starting from the call for applications up to the review feedback provided to applicants.
The programme will be focused on the operational model adopted by the leading European and American granting agencies to implement the peer-review system. This operational model is based on the key principle of ensuring complete independence of reviewers from those who are reviewed, and relies on three key figures: a) dedicated scientific officers with previous experience in research; b) a panel of scientists reviewing and discussing the research applications in a plenary session; c) external reviewers providing expert reviews in support of the panellists. Staff from the Telethon Scientific Office will represent the backbone of this course for the demonstration of the operational model in the workshop sessions.
The course will be aimed at scientific officers and prospective scientific officers at the European level, and will accept a maximum of 50 students. The course will take place in Ronzano, Bologna (arrival Friday November 7, 2008 departure Tuesday November 11). The course will be managed by the European School of Genetic Medicine.

VenueEuroMediterranean University Centre of Ronzano, Bologna, ITALY
Directors
Speakers

Ezio Andreta (Commissioner of the National Agency for the Innovation, Milan, Italy), Silvio Garattini (Director of the Mario Negri Institute, Coordinator of the Scientific Commision of the Italian Drug Agency - AIFA, Milan, Italy), Giuliana Gemelli (University of Bologna, Director of the Master in International Studies in Philantropy, Bologna, Italy), Kenneth Keller (Director of the SAIS - Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center, Bologna, Italy), Cheryl Kitt (National Institutes of Health, Center for Scientific Review, Bethesda, USA),Lucio Luzzatto (Scientific Director, Istituto Toscano Tumori, Firenze, italy), Luciano Modica (University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy), Lucia Monaco (Chief Scientific Officer Italian Telethon Foundation, Milan, Italy), Kathie L. Olsen (Deputy Director & Chief Operating Office, National Science Foundation-NSF, Arlington, USA), Renzo Orsi (President of the IV Commission-Scientific Research, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Francesca Pasinelli (Domp?, Milan, Italy), Giovanni Romeo (University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy).

Programme
Friday, November 7
Arrival and welcome dinner at the EuroMediterranean University Centre of Ronzano, Bologna
Saturday, November 8
Morning Session (9:00-13:00) - Funding research: International stragies and policies
G. Gemelli
The Rockfeller foundation and the historical roots of peer review in the international context
S. Garattini
The project of AIFA on independent clinical research
10:30
Coffee break
E. Andreta
The strategy of science policy in the EU
L. Monaco
Promoting research towards the cure of genetic diseases: how a charity faces its challanges
13:00
Lunch break
Afternoon Session (14:30-18:00)
Workshop n.1: Getting ready for peer review: call for applications; review panels, external reviewers
16:00
Coffee break
Sunday, November 9
Morning Session (9:00-13:00) - Peer review: principles and applications
C. Kitt
The NIH organization of Peer Review
K.L. Olsen
The NSF organization of Peer Review
10:30
Coffee break
L. Monaco
The Telethon organization of Peer Review
K. Keller
Peer Review in a American research Universities
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION:
Comparative analysis of peer review systems (Moderator:G. Romeo; Participants: all the speakers of the morning session)
13:00
Lunch break
Afternoon Session (14:30-18:00)
Workshop n.2 - The review process: from the application to the study section
16:00
Coffee break
Monday, November 10
Morning Session (9:00-13:00) - The practice of peer review
F. Pasinelli
The needs and benefits of Peer Review in the research system
10:30
Coffee break
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION:
The practice of Peer Review (Moderator: F. Pasinelli; Participants: L. Modica, R. Orsi, K. Olsen, L. Luzzatto)
13:00
Lunch break
Afternoon Session (14:30-18:00)
Workshop n.3 - After Peer Review: grant management and ex-post evaluation
16:00
Coffee break

Departure from Bologna in the morning of Tuesday 11th November(or in the evening of Monday 10th November)

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