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 NHMRC | Funded by simplified peer review process | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Science | Public Health | Total | ||||
| n=36 | n=36 | n=72 | ||||
| Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Simplified panels | ||||||
| Yes | 4 (11) | 7 (19) | 2 (6) | 2 (6) | 6 (8) | 9 (13) |
| No | 4 (11) | 21 (58) | 7 (19) | 25 (69) | 11 (15) | 46 (64) |
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | ||||
| Agreement | 69 (56 to 83) | 75 (61 to 89) | 72 (61 to 82) | |||
| Disagreement | 31 (17 to 44) | 25 (11 to 39) | 28 (18 to 39) | |||
| Journal panels | ||||||
| Yes | 1 (3) | 10 (28) | 0 (0) | 4 (11) | 1 (1) | 14 (19) |
| No | 3 (8) | 22 (61) | 2 (6) | 30 (83) | 5 (7) | 52 (72) |
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | ||||
| Agreement | 64 (47 to 78) | 83 (69 to 94) | 74 (62 to 83) | |||
| Disagreement | 36 (22 to 53) | 17 (6 to 31) | 26 (17 to 38) | |||