AMRC believes that peer review is the best way for charities to select which research to fund. 

One of our membership criteria is that all AMRC member charities must seek expert advice from external reviewers to help them make decisions about which research grant applications they should fund.  AMRC monitors this process through a regular audit of member charities. 

AMRC also produces guidelines and information on Peer Review and offers training on this topic. In addition, AMRC reviews developments in peer review in relation to both grant applications and publication of research findings (whereby scientists use peer review to scrutinise the validity of each other's work before it is made public).