Also called: NIH Scientific Review Officer, Peer Review Officer
Runs the expert panels at the NIH that score grant applications, deciding which medical research gets billions of dollars in funding.
Reads a stack of 80 grant applications on brain aging, recruits two dozen top scientists to review them, and checks for conflicts of interest. Then you run a two-day panel meeting where reviewers debate and score each proposal. Your fair process shapes which research gets funded.
Estimate; federal GS-13 to GS-15 pay.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Doctorate (PhD), about 11 years after high school. PhD or MD plus research experience, usually including a postdoc.
Ways in: Graduate school, Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Neuroscience, Biomedical Science.
Growing about average. Steady, tied to federal research budgets.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI helps sort applications and find reviewers, but leading fair panels and judgment calls stay human.
Classes: Biology, English, Speech or debate.
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