Evaluation of research proposals. Experience of Moldovan Advisory Expertise Council Science evaluation as a prerequisite for promoting excellence in research. Regional workshop Chișinău, November 6-th, 2012 Dr. Veaceslav KULCIȚKI Advisory Expertise Council, Moldova
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Evaluation of research proposals. Experience of Moldovan Advisory
Expertise Council
Science evaluation as a prerequisite for promoting excellence in research. Regional workshop Chișinău, November 6-th, 2012
Dr. Veaceslav KULCIȚKI
Advisory Expertise Council, Moldova
OUTLINE
1.Competition based selection of research projects in RM. Background
2.Founding of Advisory Expertise Council (AEC). Launching of national
competition based research.
3.Project management cycle in Moldovan Research Institutions
4.Evaluation of project proposals performed by (AEC)
5.Current trends in evaluation process
Science evaluation as a prerequisite for promoting excellence in research Regional workshop
Chișinău, November 6-th, 2012
COMPETITION BASED SELECTION OF RESEARCH PROJECTS IN MOLDOVA. BACKGROUND
1.Activity of international funds:
•Soros foundation (1992), INTAS (1993), NATO, MRDA-CRDF (1999)
2. Projects supported:
•Individual research projects, collaborative projects (research teams), conference
grants, travel grants
3.Evaluation activity
•International peer review – most projects. Limited involvement of local experts
LAUNCHING OF MOLDOVAN NATIONAL COMPETITION BASED RESEARCH
1.Founding of Advisory Expertise Council – 2004.
•Major goal – promotion of research on competitive basis.
•Project calls launched by Supreme Council For Science and Technological
Development (SCSTD).
•Priorities promoted: state research programs, projects for young scientists,
scientific equipment , international collaborations
•Institutional projects on competitive basis
2. Evaluation activity
•Local peer review – most projects. Limited involvement of international experts.
1.AEC maintains a database of experts for a set of relevant research fields;
2.The expert database is updated on continuous basis. This process is based on
recommendations from scientific community and as well as minimal formal requirements;
3.Members of scientific Diaspora are actively promoted as evaluators;
4.Highly qualified professionals from industry, business sector or NGOs are promoted as
evaluators on recommendation of Governamental institutions (Ministers and other
agencies).
SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT PROJECT EVALUATORS
1.Selection of evaluators represent a joint task of AEC staff and AEC Advisory Board
2.On the recommendation of the relevant Advisory Board members (research field related), the AEC staff selects two evaluators for each national project (one for bilateral ones). AEC expert database represents an input for this step. The decision is taken basing on the narrow specialization data of evaluators.
3.The expert is contacted by AEC staff and project summary is submitted. The selected expert decides either to evaluate or not the submitted project. On his approval, the integral project is submitted.
4.AEC concludes a written contract with each evaluator. He is paid for his services.
5.Evaluators are being evaluated by AEC according to a special procedure.
AEC staff AEC Advisory BoardExpert database7
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EVALUATORS ACTIVITY
1.Evaluation form – the basic tool for experts activity.Elaboration of these forms – a very responsible task. Should be done before call launch on agreement with entities responsible for call launching.
2.The first requirement – a total match between project proposal layout and evaluation criteria integrated in the evaluation form. The evaluation elements should be made known to applicants as priority items of project definition.
3.Additional tools: thresholds and weights
4.Mandatory fields: strengths and weaknesses of proposal
5.All this must be made known to public on call launch !!!
Project definition field Evaluation criteria
Project proposal Evaluation form
Specific items Evaluation elements
EVALUATION FORM SAMPLE
Nr. crt.
Evaluation criteria Given points
Weight
• Relevance to the current state of the knowledge in the field on global level
• Opportuunity of the investigations for the socio-economiccaldevelopment of the Republic of Moldova
• Methods and experimental protocols to be used
• Expected results and their novelty degree
• The foreseen contribution of the investigations to the development of national and international strategic research directions