Mission: To serve as a resource for patients and stakeholders participating in the review of PCORI research funding applications through personalized, experiential support.

Vision: To advance PCORI’s engagement imperatives through meaningful involvement of patient and stakeholder communities in the conduct of research-reviewing processes.

Mentors are a subset of our merit reviewers. They are veteran reviewers who have substantial experience serving on merit review panels. Mentors represent a range of patient and stakeholder communities including patients, caregivers, family members, patient advocates, clinicians, researchers, purchasers, payers, industry, hospital and health systems, policy makers, and training institutions.

Reviewers asked to join the mentor program demonstrate successful participation in each Merit Review cycle served. These experienced reviewers are recommended to serve as Mentors by meeting some of the following criteria

• The reviewer is highly responsive, collegial, and completes all review related activities in a timely manner.
• The reviewer writes high quality reviews with appropriate comment and score alignment.
• The reviewer is an active participant in panel discussion, clearly articulating the strengths and weaknesses of assigned applications.