1. EU-Büro des BMBF DLR-PT Königswinterer Str. 522 53227 Bonn Tel: 0228 / 447-630 Fax: 0228 / 447-649 eub@dlr.de www.eubuero.de Das EU-Bureau of the Federal Ministery for Education and Research (BMBF) International Cooperation in FP 6 - Evaluation of INCO proposals Marion Korres

2. Common Evaluation Criteria for Evaluating Proposals STREPs –Relevance –Scientific and technological excellence –Potential Impact –Quality of consortium –Quality of management –Mobilisation of resources CAs –Relevance –Quality of coordination –Potential Impact –Quality of consortium –Quality of management –Mobilisation of resources SSAs –Relevance –Quality of Support Action –Potential Impact –Quality of consortium –Quality of management –Mobilisation of resources Workprogramme SP1,Annex B

3. Common Evaluation Criteria for Evaluating Proposals (STREPS) Relevance Objectives of the work programme/calls for proposals S&T excellence defined and focused objectives of the proposal progress beyond the current state-of-the-art proposed S&T approach

4. Common Evaluation Criteria for Evaluating Proposals (STREPS) Potential Impact Reinforcing competitiveness or solving societal problems Optimal use of the project results Quality of the consortium consortium of high quality participants well-suited and committed to the tasks Complementarity between participants

5. Common Evaluation Criteria for Evaluating Proposals (STREPS) Quality of management project management of high quality management of knowledge Mobilisation of resources personnel, equipment, finances necessary for success

6. Evaluation Procedure for INCO Proposals Specific targeted research projects (STREP) and coorodination actions (CA) Submission of proposal due to time and date indicated in the Call for Proposals Proposal is complete Minimum number of partners required Section B.1 of INCO-Proposal is anonymous (STREPS and Coordination Actions)

7. Evaluation Procedure for INCO Proposals Specific targeted research projects (STREP) and coorodination actions (CA) One-stage anonymous evaluation procedure in two steps First Step (scientific evaluation): –Experts from any country chosen to their thematic competence –Evaluation of all relevant criteria, especially the scientific and technical quality of the proposal –Submission to step 2: those proposals having met the relevant thresholds Workprogramme SP1 chapter 10.7 ‚Complementary information on the evaluation procedure‘

8. Second step (regional evaluation) –Experts competent in regional scientific policy from the different target regions –Evaluation of: Relevance of the proposal to the specific problems to the target regions possible impact of the results in the regions concerned Balance and quality of partnership within the consortium and with regard to management Evaluation Procedure for INCO Proposals Specific targeted research projects (STREP) and coorodination actions (CA)

9. Evaluation Procedure for INCO Proposals Thresholds and Weights

11. Evaluation Procedure for INCO Proposals Specific targeted research projects (STREP) and coorodination actions (CA) Only scientifically excellent proposals are submitted to the regional experts Process of selection Criteria such as ‚Potential Impact‘, ‚Quality of Consortium‘, ‚Management‘ are decisive

12. Evaluation Procedure for INCO Proposals Specific targeted research projects (STREP) and coorodination actions (CA) Only those proposals having met all thresholds of the scientific and the regional evaluation are likely to be retained for funding Specific Support Measures (SSA) are evaluated in a one stage procedure. No anonymity required

13. International Cooperation Consortium Balanced partnerships of European and Third Country researchers with regard to work packages and budget Financial and administrative Coordinator in Europe Inclusion of Third Countries in the management of the proposal

14. Useful Documents Call for proposals Workprogramme „Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area“, especially: –Chapter 0: „General Introduction“, including 0.7 „Specific support actions “ –Chapter 10: „Specific Measures in Support for international cooperation“, including paragraph 10.7. „Complementary information about the evaluation procedure“ –Annex B: „Common evaluation criteria for evaluating proposals“ –Annex C: List of INCO-Target Countries

15. Useful Documents Brochure „FP6 in Brief“ Guide for proposers Guidelines on proposal evaluation procedures Guidelines for evaluators Model contracts Financial guidelines Negotiation guidelines

16. Useful Activity Application as Evaluator for FP 6 Registration online http://www.cordis.lu/experts/fp6_candidature.htm

17. International Cooperation Questions: Marion Korres DLR-PT EU-Büro des BMBF für das Forschungsrahmenprogramm Tel.: +49/228/447-635 Email: marion.korres@dlr.de