The overall responsibility for the governance of the HERA JRP lies with the HERA JRP Board, whose membership is formed by one representative from each participating funding organisation. Quality Assurance Committee and Knowledge Transfer Advisory Committee composed of the members of the HERA JRP Board monitor the project selection process and knowledge transfer activities, respectively.
Proposal assessment and selection were the responsibility of the two international, independent Review Panels. The members of the Review Panels were leading scientists, appointed by the HERA JRP Board. In addition, each HERA JRP Full proposal has been assessed by at least three external expert referees. The list of all referees can be found here.
Two theme-specific Research Steering Committees, which are formed by the Project Leaders of all funded CRPs, will be responsible for proposing networking activities for research synergy in the HERA JRP Programme.
ESF acts as the Handling Agency for the HERA JRP, managing the project selection process, dealing with the financial administration and managing research networking activities.
