Analysis and evaluation of peer review results of a fund’s three year research project

Objective Based on the three years’ peer review data of a project fund, the results of fund peer review were analyzed and evaluated, to provide references for further improvement of the peer review and management. Methods Based on the fund′s peer review results of 2145 projects in three years, descriptive statistics, single-item identification index were adopted, as well as RJ normality test, t-test and other statistical methods, to analyze and assess the overall data of fund, project categories, individual scores, etc. Results The score distribution of the three year peer review project of the fund is almost normal distribution, and the overall consistency of peer review shows a better trend. The analysis shows that the peer review experts of the fund have better consistency in terms of project innovation, rationality and characteristics. While there were differences in the peer review of applicability. Conclusions The three year peer review data of the fund show that three years' evaluation results are reliable, reasonable, and the quality of evaluation is good, showing a better development trend in both project quality and expert consistency. Key words: Peer review; Analysis and evaluation; Research project