Regional Action Plan to support the governance of Responsible Research & Innovation in the Southern & Eastern Regional Operational Programme 2014 - 2020
Research Centre Programme Call 2013 (Appendix 1) Selection Process and Criteria
There are open calls run for researchers in eligible Research Bodies, which generally have fixed deadlines. All submissions are subjected to competitive, international merit review processes carried out by a panel of leading experts who make recommendations to SFI Executive, or SFI Board as appropriate, who make the final decision on awards. The 2013 Research Centres Programme call will follow three stages: Pre-Proposal stage - submit a pre-proposal application to the call which must provide a proposal title and abstract (max. 200 words). Each pre-proposal will be reviewed by a panel of scientific and commercialisation experts who will evaluate both the scientific merit of each pre-proposal and its potential to deliver significant economic and societal impact.
The proposals will be evaluated as follows, 1. Quality of the applicant team (weighting of 25%) 1. Quality of the proposed research programme (weighting of 25%) 1. Quality of the potential for economic and societal impact (weighting of 50%)
Only those pre- proposals that are deemed to be excellent both in terms of science and potential for delivering economic and societal impact to Ireland will progress to the full proposal application stage. Pre-proposals deemed not to have met the required level of scientific excellence and potential for impact will be eliminated from the evaluation process.
Full Proposal stage - Full proposals will be sent for postal review. For each proposal under evaluation, SFI will solicit between five and seven written reviews (i.e., postal review) from international topic experts who will appraise the quality of the applicant team and proposed research programme. Proposals were evaluated for scientific excellence based on the following criteria: • Quality, significance, and relevance of the recent research record of the lead and co-applicants and the strength and cohesiveness of the applicant group, including likely synergy in delivering research and potential for international leadership • Quality, significance, and relevance of the proposed research, including value for money and the potential to advance knowledge and understanding within its own field or across different fields. • Quality of plans for execution and delivery of the research programme and Centre goals, including the appropriateness of the proposed milestones and deliverables.
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