Never, n (%) | Sometimes, n (%) | Often, n (%) | Always, n (%) | Not applicable, n (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Insufficient interest in the focus of the application | 32 (12) | 152 (59) | 39 (15) | 8 (3) | 7 (3) |
Insufficient knowledge on the focus of the application | 14 (5) | 136 (53) | 50 (19) | 30 (12) | 9 (4) |
Having to review too many grants for funding organisations | 46 (18) | 114 (44) | 54 (21) | 10 (4) | 12 (5) |
Having to review too many journal articles | 38 (15) | 99 (38) | 74 (29) | 19 (7) | 8 (3) |
Long grant applications | 67 (26) | 104 (40) | 47 (18) | 10 (4) | 9 (4) |
Poor quality of the grant applications | 67 (26) | 107 (42) | 38 (15) | 12 (5) | 11 (4) |
Reviewing taking too much time | 35 (14) | 111 (43) | 68 (26) | 17 (7) | 5 (2) |
Inadequate guidance on the requirements for review | 116 (45) | 98 (38) | 15 (6) | 2 (1) | 7 (3) |
Believing that there is a more appropriate reviewer for the application | 32 (12) | 162 (63) | 33 (13) | 6 (2) | 5 (2) |
Tight deadlines for completing the review | 36 (14) | 125 (48) | 59 (23) | 12 (5) | 4 (2) |
Conflicts with other workload | 25 (10) | 85 (33) | 81 (31) | 40 (16) | 6 (2) |
Lack of formal recognition of reviewer contributions | 134 (52) | 56 (22) | 25 (10) | 12 (5) | 6 (2) |
Not being paid for reviewing | 141 (55) | 52 (20) | 19 (7) | 13 (5) | 9 (4) |
Not being paid enough for reviewing | 160 (62) | 28 (11) | 16 (6) | 7 (3) | 24 (9) |
Having conflicting interests with the applicants | 68 (26) | 126 (49) | 17 (7) | 20 (8) | 7 (3) |
Your own success rate with the funder | 163 (63) | 50 (19) | 7 (3) | 1 (1) | 14 (5) |
Lack of fluency in the language in which the proposal is written | 172 (67) | 35 (14) | 3 (1) | 4 (2) | 23 (9) |