Overview of OPRE Recruitment Request Information Collection Form

This document requests approval of the OPRE plans on gathering information on potential grant reviewers. Two methods will be utilized for gathering potential reviewer information:

1. A Reviewer Recruitment Information Collection Form-Generic Reviewers

2. A Reviewer Recruitment Information Collection Form-Specific Reviews

Both options include the set of questions required by ACF to ask that potential reviewers volunteer their race/ethnicity to inform efforts to diversify the review process.

For general recruitment, OPRE will reach out to specific referred names, to individual expressing interest, or to professional organizations and events with relevant participants. With the form for Generic Reviewers, OPRE might also reach out to individuals identified through websites of universities/research organizations.

For specific reviews, up to eight times a year (depending on the number of reviews), OPRE sends out the specific review form to a) experts known for their specialist understanding of relevant topics and/or to b) the OPRE reviewer list.