Evaluation Criteria
Experts will be asked to evaluate all proposals following the evaluation criteria and sub-criteria mentioned below.
| STEP | CRITERIA | SCORE | TRESHOLD | PRIORITY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELIGIBILITY CHECK (STEP 1) | Application submitted before the deadline. | In order to pass to Step 2, applicants must fulfil all these criteria | ||
| All necessary documents included | ||||
| Mobility and ER rules fulfilled | ||||
| Academic requirements for postdoctoral studies | ||||
| EVALUATION OF MERITS (STEP 2) |
Education: graduate and postgraduate education (Masters, PhD). Research & working experience: participation in projects, publications, attendance to conferences and events, patents, research skills and competences, support letters. Others: mobility (research stays), supervision and mentoring, public awareness, English level, suitability of the profile to the programme, industrial experience |
40 | 20 | 2 |
| Research proposal: quality and novelty of the research proposal, alignment with the hosting institution and PI’s interest. | 30 | 15 | 3 | |
| INTERVIEWS SHORTLISTED (STEP 3) |
Research Proposal: Scientific excellence, level of independence, motivation and potential as a future lead researcher, scientific quality of the presentation and answers during the QA session. |
24 | 15 | 1 |
| Communication Skills: English skills & oral communication skills | 3 | |||
| Interpersonal Skills: Professional attitude, team player, reliability, motivation etc. | 3 | |||
Scoring and Thresholds
Experts will award a score of a minimum of 0 (the proposal fails to address the criterion or is incomplete), from 1 (very poor) to 5 (excellent) points.
Evaluation Criteria for Research Proposals
SEC members will be asked to evaluate all proposals based on the evaluation criteria and sub-criteria mentioned below:
- Excellence (Weight 50%)
- Quality and feasibility of the research/innovation project; level of novelty, inter/multidisciplinary and gender aspects.
- Quality and suitability the two-way transfer of knowledge between the researcher and the host organisation
- Quality of the supervision and the integration in the team/institution
- Capacity of the researcher to reach or re-enforce a position of professional maturity.
- Impact (Weight 30%)
- Enhancing the potential and future career prospects of the researcher
- Quality of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate the project results.
- Quality of the proposed measures to communicate the project activities to different target audiences.
- Quality and efficiency of the implementation (Weight 20%)
- Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan
- Appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources
- Appropriateness of the management structure and procedures, risk management
- Appropriateness of the institutional environment (infrastructure)