Peer Review in Environmental Technology Development Programs -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- DEFINITION OF PEER REVIEW -- BENEFITS OF PEER REVIEW -- Improving Technical Quality -- Improving the Credibility of the Decision-Making Process -- PEER REVIEW PROCESS -- USES OF PEER REVIEW -- ASSESSMENT OF OST'S PEER REVIEW PROGRAM -- Linkage of Peer Reviews to Management Decisions -- Selection of Projects for Review -- Review Criteria -- Selection of Reviewers -- Documentation for Peer Reviews -- Openness of Peer Reviews -- REDUCING THE "BACKLOG" -- EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT MECHANISMS -- POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF PEER REVIEW WITHIN OST -- OST'S "ORGANIZATIONAL" CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP -- 1 Introduction -- OST'S PEER REVIEW PROGRAM -- CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE -- PARALLEL EFFORTS -- STUDY PROCESS -- REPORTS -- 2 Elements of a Credible Peer Review Program -- DEFINITION OF PEER REVIEW -- BENEFITS OF PEER REVIEW -- Improving Technical Quality -- Improving the Credibility of the Decision-Making Process -- PEER REVIEW PROCESS -- Selection of Projects to be Reviewed -- Definition of Review Objectives and Selection of Review Criteria -- Selection of Reviewers -- Qualifications -- Conflict of Interest -- Planning and Conducting the Review -- Confidentiality of Technical Information -- Anonymous Versus "Open" Peer Reviews -- Use of Peer Review Results in Decision Making -- 3 Uses of Peer Review -- PROPOSAL EVALUATIONS -- PROJECT MATURITY EVALUATIONS -- Entrance into the Applied Research Stage -- Entrance into Engineering Development -- Entrance into the Demonstration Stage -- Predeployment Reviews -- PROGRAM BALANCE EVALUATIONS -- NEEDS DETERMINATIONS -- 4 OST's Peer Review Program -- TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT DECISION MODEL -- ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES -- Peer Review Coordinator -- Headquarters Peer Review Program Manager.

FA/CC Program Managers -- Principal Investigators -- American Society of Mechanical Engineers -- ASME Peer Review Committee and its Executive Panel -- Peer Review Panels -- Institute for Regulatory Science -- SELECTION OF TECHNOLOGIES TO BE REVIEWED -- DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR REVIEW -- TYPES OF REVIEWS -- SELECTION OF REVIEWERS -- Selection Criteria -- Panel Formation -- Conflict of Interest -- REVIEW CRITERIA -- REVIEW SESSION -- REVIEW REPORTS -- FEEDBACK OF PEER REVIEW RESULTS INTO PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS -- 5 Analysis of OST's Peer Review Program -- DEFINITION OF PEER REVIEW -- BENEFITS OF PEER REVIEW -- PEER REVIEW PROCESS -- Selection of Projects for Peer Review -- Prioritizing Projects for Review -- Timing of Reviews -- Grouping Projects in a Single Review -- Definition of Peer Review Objectives and Selection of Review Criteria -- Peer Review Objectives -- Peer Review Criteria -- Selection of Peer Reviewers -- Qualifications -- Panel Formation -- Conflict of Interest -- Planning and Conducting the Peer Review -- Documentation -- Confidentiality of Technical Information -- Anonymous Versus ''Open'' Peer Reviews -- Usefulness of Peer Review Results -- Peer Review Reports -- Feedback Procedures -- 6 "Triage" Approach for Reducing Project Backlogs -- 7 Improving the Effectiveness of OST's Peer Review Program -- LINKAGE OF PEER REVIEWS TO MANAGEMENT DECISIONS -- EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT MECHANISMS -- Benchmarking -- Metrics -- POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF PEER REVIEW WITHIN OST -- OST'S "ORGANIZATIONAL" CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP -- References -- Appendix A Description of OST's Technology Investment Decision Model1 -- TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT DECISION MODEL -- Stage 1: Basic Research -- Gate 1: Entrance into Applied Research Stage -- Stage 2: Applied Research -- Gate 2: Entrance into Exploratory Development Stage.

Stage 3: Exploratory Development -- Gate 3: Entrance into Advanced Development Stage -- Stage 4: Advanced Development -- Gate 4: Entrance into Engineering Development Stage -- Stage 5: Engineering Development -- Gate 5: Entrance into Demonstration Stage -- Stage 6: Demonstration -- Gate 6: Entrance into Implementation Stage -- Stage 7: Implementation -- Appendix B Description of OST's Review Program1 -- Department-Level Reviews -- Program-Level Reviews -- Project-Level Reviews -- Appendix C Biographical Sketches -- Appendix D Acronyms.