Being an evaluation panel chair – a worthwhile experience?
Margaret Hunt is a historian working at Uppsala University. She has been involved in the evaluation process for ERC grants both as a normal member and as a chair of a panel. Prof Hunt answered our questions on the value, difficulties and processes…
Peer review - not perfect but still the best system that we have
In an interview with ERC Magazine, Ted Hewitt, President of Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, talks about his agency’s approach to evaluating grant proposals and working with review panels. He explains the challenges of peer…
Facts and figures on evaluators of ERC grant proposals
You’d be surprised how many people have acted as ERC panel members and remote reviewers over the years, and how many proposals they must deal with, in this year alone. We break it down for you below.
Narrative CVs – a good idea?
In the upcoming ERC grant competitions, the applicants will be asked to write a narrative curriculum vitae. ERC grantee Anja Leist took part in calls where this type of CV was required and she also reviewed proposals with narrative track records…
Changes in the evaluation of proposals for ERC grants
It is part of the ERC’s core business to carefully select the best and most creative researchers from all fields in its grant competitions. In December 2022, the Scientific Council of the ERC announced plans for changes to the evaluation forms and…
Opinion: The journey to responsible and experimental research funding
There is a global drive for more responsible and inclusive cultures of research assessment. This often goes hand in hand with a shift towards more systematic experimentation with modes and methods of research funding.On 23 June 2023, members of…
Why do some countries face problems obtaining ERC grants?
A Q A session with Professor Alice Valkárová, Chair of the ERC Working Group on Widening European Participation What does widening mean? The performance in ERC calls for proposals varies widely across European countries. There is a concentration of…
Equal rights, unequal chances
Jacek Kuźnicki, biochemist and former President of the scientific council of the Polish National Science Centre, gives his views on what could be done to improve the success rates of applicants from widening countries. This title “Equal rights,…
Researchers’ experiences with the ERC Visiting Fellowships
Physicist Matej Praprotnik from Slovenia and architectural historian Jasenka Gudelj from Croatia share their experiences during their ERC Visiting Fellowships. Why did you select the particular project team that you did your ERC fellowship with?…