Documents, Evaluation Process and Criteria, EPSS

Documents

The necessary documents related to a specific call can be found attached to the call (e.g. FP7-KBBE-2007-1 Food, Agriculture and Fisheries - http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.CooperationDetailsCallPage&call_id=16)

Evaluation Process and Criteria

The evaluation process of the proposals is deeply organised. The funding decisions are based on peer review of research proposals. High quality evaluators are at the core of the evaluation system. The process involves 4500 to 5000 independent experts every year. About 16,000 proposals (and rising) are evaluated annually.
The evaluation process will not change from FP6 to FP7. However some criteria are new which have improved and streamlined the process:

  • Clearer page limits
  • Eligibility criteria (includes “scope”)
  • Evaluation criteria (3 instead of 5 or 6)
  • More clarity on conflicts of interest
  • Enquiries and redress

The consensus on the evaluation process will be built on the basis of the individual assessments of all the evaluators

  • Usually involves a discussion
  • Moderated by a commission staffmember
  • One expert acts as rapporteur
  • Agreement on consensus marks and comments for each of the criteria

EPSS

Proposals for indirect RTD actions are invited to be submitted only as an electronic proposal via the web-based Electronic Proposal Submission System (EPSS).

All proposals for indirect RTD actions must contain two parts: the administrative forms (Part A) and the content (Part B). Proposals for indirect RTD actions must be prepared and submitted on-line. Part B of proposals for indirect RTD actions can only be submitted in PDF format (‘portable document format’, compatible with Adobe Version 3 or higher with embedded fonts). Compressed (‘zipped’) files will be excluded.

The EPSS software tool is expected to be available for this call from 19 March 2007. Proposals for indirect RTD actions that are submitted on-line and which are incomplete, illegible or contain viruses will be excluded.

Versions of proposals for indirect RTD actions submitted on a removable electronic storage medium (e.g. CD-ROM, diskette), by e-mail, or by fax will be excluded. Further details on the proposal submission procedure are given in the Guide for Applicants for the relevant call.