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Layman Award Volunteer Peer Reviewer Form

University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty are invited to volunteer to serve as a peer reviewer of Layman Award seed program and new directions program proposals submitted in 2025. Reviewers are needed from every discipline at the university.  
 
Faculty from all academic ranks, including those earlier in their career, are encouraged to volunteer.

Faculty named as principal investigator (PI) or Co-PI within a Layman Award proposal will be excluded from the pool of reviewers.   

To indicate your willingness to serve as a volunteer peer reviewer, complete the following form by 5 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, April 30 , 2025. Individuals who volunteer for peer review service will be notified about next steps by May 2. 

If you have questions about the Layman Award proposal review process, or to nominate a faculty member to serve as a peer reviewer, send an email message to unlresearch@unl.edu.

* Are you the principal investigator (PI) or co-PI on a Layman Award proposal submitted in April 2025?
* Have you previously served as a proposal reviewer?
If yes, indicate the type(s) of proposals you have reviewed (select all that apply):
* Volunteers selected to assist with the peer review of Layman Award proposals should plan to devote nine to 12 hours toward review during May 2025. The majority of this time is expected to involve independent, asynchronous work. Do you expect to be able to make such a commitment?
* Volunteers selected to assist with the peer review of Layman Awards should plan to devote five hours in May 2025 to synchronous, panel-based work. These five hours of work are part of the nine to 12 hours total commitment outlined above. If selected as a volunteer reviewer, please indicate if you are available on any of the following dates.

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