FP7

Proposal

Evaluation Procedure

EVALUATION

• Proposal• Eligibilty• Individual evaluation• Consensus• Thresholds• Panel review

• Ethical review (if needed)• Commission ranking• Negotiation• Commission funding (Rejection decision)

Evaluation in FP7Eligibility

• Minimum number of eligible, independent partners

• Scope• Completeness of proposal (Presence of all requested forms)• Page limits• Deadline• Conflict of interest• Security Scrutiny (if needed)• Others (eg.. budget limits)

The Experts

• Wide pool of evaluators• Calls for “candidates”• Application via CORDIS• Commission invites individuals (Not self-selection)• Geography, gender and “rotation” also аrе

considered• Expertise, and experience are paramount• Names published after the evaluations

THE CRITERIA

• Specified in the work programme• Adapted to each funding scheme and each thematic

area• Can vary from call-to-call• Divided into three main criteria: - S&T Quality (Concept, objective, work-plan) - Implementation (Individual participants and consortium as a whole;

Allocation of resources) - Impact (Contribution to expected impacts listed in work

programme; Plans for dissemination/exploitation)

CONSENSUS

• Built on the basis of he individual assessments of all the evaluators

• Usually involves a discussion

• Moderated by a commission staff-member

• One expert act as rapporteur

• Agreement on consensus marks and comments for each of the criteria

THRESHOLDS

• Criteria generally marked out of 5

• Individual threshold = 3

• Overall threshold =10

• Can vary from call-to-call

PANEL REVIEW

• PANEL MEETING - Compare consensus reports - Examines proposals with same consensus score (if needed) - Final marks and comments for each proposal - Suggestions on order of priority, clustering, amendments, etc.

• HEARING WITH PROPOSERS MAY BE CONVENED - Questions to the invited proposal coordinators - Small number of proposal representatives

COMMISSION

• Draw up final ranking list• Information to the Programme Committee• Commission decisions on rejected proposals• Contract negotiation• Formal consultation of Programme Committee (when required)• Commission decisions on proposals selected for

funding

FURTHER INFORMATION

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