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# Peer Reviews

ResearchHub Foundation pays experts for public peer reviews on proposals. ResearchHub Foundation sponsors a $150 bounty, paid in ResearchCoin (RSC), for up to 2 reviews per proposal.

When researchers submit a funding proposal, peer review is the step between asking for funding and getting funded. Expert reviews on ResearchHub don't gate keep funding, they give funders the context they need to decide which proposals to support. Reviewers get paid and publicly credited for work that usually goes unrewarded.

#### How it works

**1. Pick a proposal.** Go to the [Peer Review](https://www.researchhub.com/peer-review) tab to browse open peer-review bounties. You don’t need an invitation or permission. Any qualified expert can review any open proposal. Each bounty shows how much time is left to submit, so check the deadline before you start.

**2. Write your review.** In the proposal’s Reviews tab, give an overall score and give your written assessment based on the requirements of the bounty. Proposals are scored on three criteria:

* **Overall impact:** your overall judgment of the proposal and how likely it is to produce meaningful results.
* **Importance:** whether the research question matters, and whether the proposal establishes its significance to the field.
* **Rigor & feasibility:** whether the study design can answer the question, whether the methods are sound and detailed enough, and whether the team can realistically do the work with the requested resources and timeline.

Follow any specific instructions in the bounty prompt. The most useful reviews are specific, constructive, and explain the reasoning behind each score.

**3. Editors decide.** Once the bounty closes, ResearchHub’s Editorial Board take approximately 10 days to evaluate all submitted reviews. For each proposal, up to the top two reviews are accepted and paid.

**4. Get paid.** Accepted reviewers receive $150 in RSC.

#### Good to know

All reviews are public and published under your name. They become part of the proposal’s permanent record and are visible to funders, the authors, and the community, so write as you would for a signed review. Because only the top two reviews per proposal are paid, depth and quality matter more than speed.