How proposals are assessed
An independent Review Panel formed of leading scientists in the field, with a mandate from the funding agencies,oversaw the scientific assessment of proposals in the Programme. The outline proposals to proceed to the full application stage have been selected by the Review Panel. Full proposals were internationally peer-reviewed. Referees were selected by the ESF from suggestions by the Review Panel based on a pool of international scientists whose names had been provided by the participating national funding agencies. Based on the results of refereeing, the Panel recommended and prioritised the best applications for funding by the national funding agencies of the selected applicants. Click here to view the membership of the Review Panel. The list of referees has been published after the selection process.
Funding of the proposals recommended by the Review Panel depend on the total amount of money made available in each country by the national funding agencies supporting the Programme. The use of funds in a project is subject to the rules of each national funding agency supporting that project as well as to the national laws of those countries.
Following agreement with funding bodies from, the European Science Foundation launched a first Call for Proposals (16/04/02) for research projects to be undertaken within the EUROCORES programme on Self-Organised Nano-Structures (SONS). The programme includes national research funding and a European networking component. Proposals for Collaborative Research Projects were sought.
The deadline for receipt of Outline Proposals was 31 May 2002. Although the Call is now closed, it is still available for information purposes, click here.
Eligibility
Proposals from individual scientists and research groups eligible for funding by the agencies participating in the programme (to see the list of participating agencies, go to Contact Us ) will be accepted for consideration in the EUROCORES Programme SONS.
Proposals must, as a minimum, involve 3 eligible groups or individuals from 3 countries participating in the programme. Scientists or groups not seeking or not eligible to apply to these agencies for funding, and from industry, can be associated with a proposal where their added value is justified in the scientific case. Their participation must be fully self-supporting and will not be financially supported by the Programme.
For detailed information, eligibility for funding or restrictions of the participating funding agencies, applicants are strongly recommended to contact their national funding agencies (see Contact Us )
Review Procedure
- 57 full proposals were received by the deadline of 11 October 2002
- All proposals were peer reviewed before the meeting of the SONS Review Panel,which met in February 2003. (For a copy of the referees evaluation form click here )
- The prioritised recommendations of the SONS Review Panel were discussed and accepted by the SONS Management Committee, consisting of representatives of the participating national funding agencies, on 10-11 March 2003
- The results are now being considered by the participating Funding Agencies for final decisions on funding
- The full list of referees used to peer review the Full Proposals can be downloaded here
- For the list of the 16 Full Proposals that have been awarded funding, click here
It is anticipated that a second, more focused Call will be made in 2005 to cover the final years of the programme.
