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Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITN)

Building knowledge about evaluation process and criteria into own

proposal

Dr Dragana Avramov, PSPCavramov@avramov.org

Brussels 6 November 2009

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Evaluation Process

Full Proposal

Proposalforms

Evaluators

Eligibility

Evaluators Evaluators

PanelSubmission ConsensusIndividual

reading

Proposals insuggestedpriority order

Rejection list

Finalisation

CriteriaCriteria Criteria

COMMISSION COMMISSIONEVALUATORS

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How a proposal is evaluated

Stage 1. Individual readings Each proposal is read independently

by three to five experts The experts each prepare an

Individual Evaluation Report IER on that proposal

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How a proposal is evaluated

Stage 2. Consensus Group The three/five experts who read

the proposal meet together to come to a consensus view

The group prepares a Consensus Report CR

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How a proposal is evaluated

Stage 3. Panel meeting All the experts within the area

meet together as a panel to review ranked list

In case of ex aequo priority criteria are applied

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Who are the evaluators?

Must be registered in the database of experts for research activities FP7 EMM

https://cordis.europa.eu/emmfp7/ Selected from the database on the

basis of the high level of expertise relevant to a specific call

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What is expected from evaluators?

Give a fair and clear opinion on each proposal

Evaluate proposals against the Objectives and impact defined in the Workprogram

Evaluate proposal as written. Make no additional assumptions, do not read between the lines

Consistently apply the same standard of judgement to each proposal

Evaluate on 4 criteria (and use sub-criteria as issues to be considered in the assessment)

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Responsibilities of evaluators

Evaluators are: Independent : they do not represent their

employer, nor their country Objective : evaluate the proposal as written Accurate : use the official evaluation criteria only Consistent : apply the same standard of

judgment to each proposal Incommunicado : external contacts on

evaluation are not permitted during or after the evaluation

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What does this mean for applicants?

Reassurance that the evaluation process is of high quality, guided by principles of transparency, equality of treatment, fairness and transparency

Never loose out of sight Evaluation criteria description when drafting your proposal (see Annex 2 Guide for Applicants)

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Evaluation criteria

S&T Quality Threshold = 3 Training Threshold = 4 Implementation Threshold =3 Impact

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Evaluation sub-criteria

The sub-criteria are issues that the experts should consider in the assessment of the relevant criterion

Failure to meet any of the sub-criteria is reflected in the overall criterion mark

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