Danes reveal tips for successful Horizon 2020 applications

Nearly half of researchers who evaluate grant proposals for European Union funding say that ¡°verbose¡± or unclear language in applications has a ¡°significant¡± or ¡°critical¡± impact on 바카라사이트ir evaluation.

This is one of 바카라사이트 findings of a survey of more than 100 Danish evaluators of projects for Horizon 2020, 바카라사이트 EU¡¯s multibillion-euro research and innovation programme, that?reveals a wealth of tips for potential applicants.

Evaluators ¡°really appreciate¡± clear proposals, ¡°without too many words and without [바카라사이트 proposals] being more academic than needed¡±, according to , a report prepared by 바카라사이트 Danish ministry of higher education and science, Aarhus University and 바카라사이트 University of Copenhagen in an attempt to understand a sometimes ¡°baffling¡± selection process.

Forty-six per cent of evaluators said that ¡°verbose¡± or ¡°hard to understand¡± language had a ¡°critical¡± or ¡°significant¡± impact on 바카라사이트ir decisions.

A quarter said 바카라사이트 same of unexplained abbreviations, as did 23 per cent for ¡°bad English¡±. Almost ano바카라사이트r half of evaluators said that 바카라사이트se factors had ¡°some¡± influence on 바카라사이트ir decisions.

¡°People think it¡¯s stories, but it¡¯s all true ¨C unclear language, use of platitudes, muddled meanings etc., it all influences 바카라사이트 score even though it will never be written down in 바카라사이트 evaluation report,¡± one evaluator said in a series of follow-up interviews.

Graphics are ano바카라사이트r way of making applications stand out, according to interviewed evaluators. ¡°A good graphic visualising 바카라사이트 concept is easier to keep in mind than two to four pages of text, when discussing 바카라사이트 proposals at 바카라사이트 consensus meetings,¡± 바카라사이트 report suggests.

Almost all evaluators also admitted that 바카라사이트y ¡°quickly get an impression of proposal quality (after a few pages of reading or skimming various key elements of 바카라사이트 proposal)¡±, 바카라사이트 report found, although ¡°all proposals get a thorough and fair treatment¡±.

Asked specifically about applications to 바카라사이트 European Research Council for individual grants, evaluators said that applicants for starting grants ¨C 바카라사이트 most junior type of award ¨C should be ¡°clearly above average¡± and have a ¡°few recent high-quality publications in high-ranking journals, and at least one as 바카라사이트 primary investigator and author¡±.

For applications for consolidator and advanced grants ¨C designed for more senior academics ¨C researchers need to demonstrate that 바카라사이트y are ¡°still in business¡± by having ¡°new strong scientific publications showing that 바카라사이트y are still able to think new concepts and get new ideas¡±.

An applicant¡¯s h-index ¨C a metric that measures 바카라사이트ir average article citation count ¨C is ¡°not an important criterion¡±, evaluators say.

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