Health

SAMHSA Peer Reviewer Application Form Update

🇺🇸United States··Notice·Low Impact·View source ↗

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SAMHSA plans to reinstate and update the application form used by people who want to serve as peer reviewers for its discretionary grant programs. The agency uses this form to collect consistent information on applicants’ education, experience, and areas of expertise so it can match them to grant review committees. The main practical change is to the form’s demographic and expertise fields. SAMHSA proposes removing or revising several categories, adding Middle Eastern or North African under race/ethnicity, and deleting a behavioral health values statement. People interested in serving as reviewers, and organizations that track federal grant review processes, may want to review the proposed changes and submit comments by July 10, 2026.

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Key Changes

  • Reinstates SAMHSA’s peer reviewer contact information application form.
  • Updates demographic fields, including changing Gender to Sex and revising race/ethnicity categories.
  • Removes several expertise and statement fields from the reviewer application form.

Obligations

What this law requires

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Any person or organization choosing to submit written comments on SAMHSA's proposed reinstatement and revisions to the Reviewer Contact Information Form must send them to the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer by mail or email so they are received by July 10, 2026.

individuals or organizations submitting comments
Written comments should be received by July 10, 2026
reporting

Affected Parties

People applying to serve as SAMHSA peer reviewersSAMHSA grant applicants and review committees+1 more…

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SAMHSA,grant review,information collection