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Comment
. 2021 Nov 24:10:e74744.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.74744.

Blinding peer review

Michael A Taffe  1
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Blinding peer review

Michael A Taffe. Elife. .

Abstract

Concealing the identity of the principal investigator only partially closes the success gap between white and African American or Black researchers in NIH grant applications.

Keywords: cell biology; funding; halo effects; medicine; none; peer review; racial bias; racial disparities.

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MT No competing interests declared

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