In order to make a good first impression of the proposal quality, it is important to get a better picture of the evaluator himself and understand his area of expertise. According to the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education survey, the highest percentage of 29% of the responding evaluators were employed in the Engineering […]


The European Commission’s aim was to increase the number of evaluators from non-university organisations for the H2020 framework programme and it has been successfully accomplished according to the study of the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education. However, it is evident from the survey that the academic index is still the highest one. The […]


The ERC President Mauro Ferrari resigned after what he called a “disappointing response” to the Coronavirus by the European Commission. While the different European countries set up different measures to counter the spread of the disease, the European Commission seems divided as well on the question. Read more here. Source: Amy Schleunes, www.thescientist.com Photo: Lysiane […]


According to the Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education, there are numerous factors that can affect the evaluation of your H2020 in a negative fashion. The European Commission relies on external expert evaluators who according to this study just over 30% spend less than two hours actually reading your proposal. Common factors that evaluators […]