Significance: Is the study topic relevant and significant to North American Skull Base Society membership?
1 – Very significant: Important priority that is very likely to affect practice
2 -Significant: Probably important and is likely to affect practice
3 – Uncertain significance: Could possibly affect practice
4-Likely not significant: Unlikely to affect practice
5 – Not significant: Not a priority and will not affect practice

Innovation: Is the study question novel?
1 – Very novel: Fundamentally new study question
2 – Novel: New/useful way to address an old question
3 – Somewhat novel: Will provide some new information
4 – Update of data: The study has largely been done before, but updates old information
5 – Not novel: The same study has been recently published and/or is ongoing

Audience: Is the study question broad enough to accrue a sufficient number of respondents from the NASBS membership? A greater audience will allow for a greater number of potential respondents and possibly more survey responses.
1 Very broad audience: Relevant to entire NASBS membership
2– Broad audience: Relevant to multiple, but not all subspecialties
3 – Somewhat broad audience: Relevant to multiple subspecialties, but limited in scope (anterior skull base, orbit, endonasal surgery, temporal bone, etc.)
4 – Limited audience: Relevant to only one subspecialty
5– Not relevant: Not relevant to NASBS membership

Approach: Based on the methods described, how likely is this study to confirm or refute the study hypothesis
1 – Very likely: Among the top 10% of submissions
2 – Likely: Among the top 11-25% of submissions
3 – Intermediate: Among the top 26-50% of submissions
4 – Unlikely: In the bottom 50% of submissions
5– Very unlikely: Fundamentally scientifically flawed