Table 3

Comparison of proposals funded by the simplified or journal panels, with the official funding agency (National Health And Medical Research Council of Australia, NHMRC)

Funded by NHMRCFunded by simplified peer review process
Basic SciencePublic HealthTotal
n=36n=36n=72
YesNoYesNoYesNo
n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)
Simplified panels
 Yes4 (11)7 (19)2 (6)2 (6)6 (8)9 (13)
 No4 (11)21 (58)7 (19)25 (69)11 (15)46 (64)
% (95% CI)% (95% CI)% (95% CI)
Agreement69 (56 to 83)75 (61 to 89)72 (61 to 82)
Disagreement31 (17 to 44)25 (11 to 39)28 (18 to 39)
Journal panels
 Yes1 (3)10 (28)0 (0)4 (11)1 (1)14 (19)
 No3 (8)22 (61)2 (6)30 (83)5 (7)52 (72)
% (95% CI)% (95% CI)% (95% CI)
Agreement64 (47 to 78)83 (69 to 94)74 (62 to 83)
Disagreement36 (22 to 53)17 (6 to 31)26 (17 to 38)