Improve evaluation and transparency in Horizon 2020, urge MEPs
Improve evaluation and transparency in Horizon 2020, urge MEPs
09 May 2016
Modified: 14 December 2017
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The process for evaluating Horizon 2020 proposals needs more rigour and first-time applicants for grants from the research programme should get better information on the odds of success.
These were among the main recommendations put forward in a report by the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) which looks at the performance to date of a selection of Horizon 2020’s main funding schemes, investigating complaints from researchers about the consistency in evaluating applications to the SME Instrument and Fast Track to Innovation.
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Updated: 14 December 2017