The ERC Scientific Council is entrusted by the legislation establishing Horizon Europe with the task to monitor quality of operations; to evaluate programme implementation and achievements and to make recommendations for future actions.
The Standing Committee for Programme Impact Monitoring and Evaluation (SC PRIME) was created in February 2019 at the recommendation of the Scientific Council Working Group on Key Performance Indicators, which was active between 2013 and 2018.
By delegation of the Scientific Council, SC PRIME is responsible for:
- Guiding the implementation of the ERC Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy and review the outcome of the performed activities, including programme resource allocation;
- Consolidating, prioritizing and presenting to the Scientific Council new proposals for monitoring and evaluation activities, in particular concerning the assessment of the scientific impact of the programme;
- Considering and recommending updates of the ERC overall scientific strategy on the basis of findings coming from studies commissioned under its responsibility;
- Considering and proposing further adjustments to the ERC Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy based on experience and best practices of other research funding organisations, and taking into account legislative changes, when appropriate.
The ERC Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy and its activities analyse the value of ERC-funded research. The monitoring and evaluation strategy was revised during 2025 to better reflect modern research evaluation practices, integrate different activities and approaches and identify the long-term impact of the ERC.
Members
- Torsten Persson (Chair)
- Dirk Inze (Chair for Mapping Frontier Research activities)
- Maria Leptin
- Nicola Spaldin
- Liselotte Højgaard
ERC Executive Agency secretariat: Elena Toma, Unit Support to the Scientific Council
Previous working group on Mapping Frontier Research
Previous working group on Key Performance Indicators
