All project proposals will be evaluated by experts, on the basis of the award criteria:
- Excellence;
- Impact;
- Quality and efficiency of the implementation.
Each criterion will be scored from 0 to 5. The total number of scores is taken into account — total score for the three criteria. The total score will be subject to a threshold of 70%. When the total scores of project proposals are equal, priority will be based on scores for individual award criteria according to types of actions.
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Excellence |
Impact |
Quality and efficiency of the implementation |
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Weighting / The priority of criteria in case of equal total scores of project proposals |
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| 50% / 1 | 30% / 2 | 20% / 3 |
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Innovative Training Networks |
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| Quality, innovative aspects and credibility of the research programme (including inter/multidisciplinary, intersectoral and, where appropriate, gender aspects) | Enhancing the career perspectives and employability of researchers and contribution to their skills development | Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources, (including awarding of the doctoral degrees for EID and EJD projects) |
| Quality and innovative aspects of the training programme (including transferable skills, inter/multidisciplinary, intersectoral and, where appropriate, gender aspects) | Contribution to structuring doctoral / early-stage research training at the European level and to strengthening European innovation capacity, including the potential for: a) meaningful contribution of the non-academic sector to the doctoral/research training, as appropriate to the implementation mode and research field b) developing sustainable joint doctoral degree structures (for EJD projects only) | Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including quality management and risk management (with a mandatory joint governing structure for EID and EJD projects) |
| Quality of the supervision (including mandatory joint supervision for EID and EJD projects) | Quality of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate the project results | Appropriateness of the infrastructure of the participating organisations |
| Quality of the proposed interaction between the participating organisations | Quality of the proposed measures to communicate the project activities to different target audiences | Competences, experience and complementarity of the participating organisations and their commitment to the programme |
| Individual Fellowships | ||
| Quality and credibility of the research/innovation project; level of novelty, appropriate consideration of inter/multidisciplinary and gender aspects | Enhancing the potential and future career prospects of the researcher | Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan |
| Quality and appropriateness of the training and of the two way transfer of knowledge between the researcher and the host | Quality of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate the project results | Appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources |
| Quality of the supervision and of the integration in the team/institution | Quality of the proposed measures to communicate the project activities to different target audiences | Appropriateness of the management structure and procedures, including risk management |
| Capacity of the researcher to reach or re-enforce a position of professional maturity/independence | Appropriateness of the institutional environment (infrastructure) | |
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Research and Innovation Staff Exchange |
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| Quality and credibility of the research/innovation project; level of novelty and appropriate consideration of inter/multidisciplinary, intersectoral and gender aspects | Enhancing the potential and future career perspectives of the staff members | Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources |
| Quality and appropriateness of knowledge sharing among the participating organisations in light of the research and innovation objectives. | Developing new and lasting research collaborations, achieving transfer of knowledge between participating organisations and contribution to improving research and innovation potential at the European and global levels | Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including quality management and risk management |
| Quality of the proposed interaction between the participating organisations | Quality of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate the project results | Appropriateness of the institutional environment (hosting arrangements, infrastructure) |
| Quality of the proposed measures to communicate the project activities to different target audiences | Competences, experience and complementarity of the participating organisations and their commitment to the project | |
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Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes |
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| Quality of the selection / recruitment process for the researchers (transparency, composition and organisation of selection committees, evaluation criteria, equal opportunities) | Enhancing the potential and future career perspectives of researchers; Strengthening human resources on regional, national or international level | Coherence, effectiveness and appropriateness of the work plan |
| Quality of the research options offered by the programme in terms of science, interdisciplinarity, intersectorality and level of transnational mobility | Aligning practices of participating organisations with the principles set out by the EU for human resources development in research and innovation | Appointment conditions of researchers |
| Quality of career guidance and training, including supervision arrangements, training in transferable skills | Quality of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate the results | Competence of the participant to implement the programme |
| Quality of the proposed measures to communicate the results to different target audiences | ||