At the outline proposals stage, the Review Panel:
• Selects outline proposals to be invited to submit full proposals, according to the criteria published in the Call for Proposals (sifting)
• May give recommendations concerning further development of the proposals (e.g. joining forces with other teams)
• Provides written comments to explain its decisions to the proponents
At the full proposal stage, the Review Panel:
• May give advice on the selection of referees for the assessment of full proposals (principally from a pool of referees provided by the EUROCORES Funding Agencies and the ESF) and may suggest additional referees, if necessary
• Ranks and recommends proposals on the basis of assessments by external referees and , if relevant, proponents’ responses
• Provides written comments to explain its decisions to the EUROCORES Funding Agencies and to the proponents
During the running EUROCORES programme, the Review Panel:
• Is part of the evaluation process of the overall EUROCORES programme on the basis of achievements of CRPs through Interim and Final Evaluations (additional independent external evaluation may be sought)
• Advises the Management Committee on request, e.g. concerning the development of a second Call