Study	Reason for exclusion
Abrams 1991	Descriptive study, no comparisons presented
Anonimous 1994	The paper presents and discusses the experience of a funding institution, there is no evaluation of the effects of peer review
Anonimous 1995	The study does not evaluate the effects of grant giving peer review
Anonimous 1997	The study does not contain data
Bailar 1991	The study presents and discusses existing studies
Birkett 1994	The study does not contain data evaluating the effects of grant giving peer review
Chubin 1990	Review and discussion of existing studies
Chubin 1994	Review and discussion of existing studies
Cicchetti 1991	The paper presents and discusses data presented elsewhere and already considered for this review
Claveria 2000	Descriptive study, no comparisons presented
Cole 1992	The paper presents and discusses data presented elsewhere and already considered for this review
Cunnigham 1993	Descriptive study, no comparisons presented
Fliesler 1997	The paper presents author's opinions
Friesen 1998	The study presents women and men approval rates from MRC Canadian fellowship but does not evaluate the effects of grant giving peer review
Fuhrer 1985	Opinion survey, no evaluation of the effect of peer review
Glantz 1994	The study investigates professional interests of peers but does not evaluate the effects of grant giving peer review
Grant 1997	The study describes gender differences in funded research from a funding institution but does not evaluate the effects of grant giving peer review
Horrobin 1996	The study presents author opinion but does not evaluate the effects of grant giving peer review
Horton 1996	The paper presents and discusses data presented elsewhere and already considered for this review
Kruytbosch 1989	The paper presents the experience of a funding institution and the results of an opinion survey, there is no evaluation of the effects of peer review
Marsh 1999	The study examines the structure of reports from independent assessors but does not evaluate the effects of grant giving peer review
McCullough 1989	Opinion survey, no evaluation of the effects of peer review
McCullough 1994	The study does not evaluate the effects of grant giving peer review
Moxham 1992	The study discusses the peer review process but does not evaluate the effects of grant giving peer review
Narin 1989	The study does not evaluate the effects of grant giving peer review
VandenBeemt 1997	The paper presents the experience of a funding institution, there is no evaluation of the effect of peer review
Wenneras 1997	The study analyses the association of rating scores with measures of scientific productivity but no formal comparison is presented