Structure of the ApplicationEvaluation Criteria

Oskar Otsus January 2013

Moldova

2 parts:

Part A – technical information

Part B – the scientific part

Proposal Part A (online submission):A1: Content

Title, acronym, duration, etc. keywords Proposal abstract previous/current submission

A2: Participants Administrative data Personal data Organisation Status: SME/Public body/Research centre/Educ. Establishment

(Prefilled with the PIC number) Applicant identification code PIC Dependencies

A3: Budget A3.1: Individual Partners: RTD/Demo/MANAG/Other & Personel/Subc/Other/Indir

costs A3.2: All

Proposal Part B (pdf submission):

Part B format directly linked to evaluation criteria1. S&T quality 2. Implementation 3. Impact 4. Ethics5. Gender aspects6. Security Sensitive Issues

Section lengths recommended

Evaluation criteriaEvaluation criteria applicable to Collaborative project proposals

S/T QUALITY Scientific and/or technological excellence(relevant to the topics addressed by the call)

IMPLEMENTATION Quality and efficiency of the implementation and the management

IMPACT Potential impact through the development, dissemination and use of project results

– Soundness of concept, and quality of objectives

– Progress beyond the state-of-

the-art – Quality and effectiveness of the

S/T methodology and associated work plan

– Appropriateness of the management structure and procedures

– Quality and relevant experience of

the individual participants – Quality of the consortium as a

whole (including complementarity, balance)

– Appropriateness of the allocation

and justification of the resources to be committed (staff, equipment …)

– Contribution, at the European (and/or international) level, to the expected impacts listed in the work programme under the relevant topic/activity

– Appropriateness of measures for

the dissemination and/or exploitation of project results, and management of intellectual property.

I criteria: Scientific and technological quality

Gantt table

PERT graph

II criteria: implementation

Management structure

III criteria: Impact1. Contribution on European level, expected impact

1. Link the impact to the Work Programme2. Impact has to be ambitious and in the same time achievable3. Suggestion: read European policy documents4. Differentiate between short term goals achieved during your

project and long term goals achieved after the project5. Write also about different risks2. Dissemination plan3. Connections to stakeholders and the public

Use European policy documents!

III criteria is often not so important to the researchers, but the most important for the reviewers!

Ethics questionnaire

• Research on human embryo/foetus• Research on humans• Privacy• Research on animals• Research involving non-EU countries• Dual-use

Even if your project doesn’t have any ethical issues, you have to answer the questions!

• What you don’t write, the reviewer doesn’t know!• The project has to adress the call!• Ambitious but realistic• Create a schedule and organize your work• Make your proposal easy to read

Oskar OtsusEstonian Research Council

tel: +372 7 317 350e-mail: oskar.otsus@etag.ee