The ERC Scientific Council has implemented changes to the evaluation processes and application forms for 2024 research proposals, following recent debates on research assessment. In a dedicated report, entitled “Evaluation of research proposals: the why and what of the ERC’s recent changes” ERC President Maria Leptin gives an overview of the changes and the reasoning behind them.
The changes, explains Professor Leptin, address the issue that current assessment systems often use narrow methods to evaluate research quality, performance, and impact.
The main changes (as previously reported by UKRO) include the following:
- The description of required ‘profiles’ of ERC PIs has been removed from the Work Programme.
- In the application form, the CV and track record, previously two separate documents, are now combined as a single template.