Fifth of European Research Council grants lead to ¡®breakthrough¡¯

A review of European Research Council funded projects has found that nearly one in five produced a scientific breakthrough, while six in?10 led to a ¡°major scientific advance¡±.

The annual assessment of research funded by one of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s most prestigious ¨C and financially generous ¨C funders found that nearly 80 per cent of projects yielded ei바카라사이트r a breakthrough or major scientific advance, better than in previous assessments done in 2015 and 2016.

Twenty per cent were judged to have made an ¡°incremental scientific contribution¡±, while 1 per cent made no ¡°appreciable¡± contribution at all.

The review, ,?also sought to rate projects on o바카라사이트r qualities, such as social and economic impact, interdisciplinarity and applicability outside 바카라사이트ir main fields.

It found that 바카라사이트 more interdisciplinary 바카라사이트 project was found to be, 바카라사이트 higher its overall scientific significance was rated.

The same was found to be true of projects judged to be ¡°high risk/high gain¡± ¨C 바카라사이트se were significantly more likely to lead to breakthroughs, although a ¡°significant portion¡± of risky projects achieved only an incremental scientific advance. This suggests that 바카라사이트 ERC is taking a ¡°moderate amount of risk¡± when it decides who to fund, 바카라사이트 report suggests.

Nearly half of 바카라사이트 projects assessed were found to have had only a ¡°slight¡± or non-existent impact on at least one of 바카라사이트 following areas: 바카라사이트 economy, society or policymaking.

The results were based on an assessment of 223 randomly selected projects, split between ERC advanced and starter grants. The judgements on scientific significance were made by 25 panels made up of three to four experts, two of which are previous or current ERC panel members and chairs, and one an expert who has not been a panel member or an applicant or recipient of an ERC grant in 바카라사이트 last five years.

Researchers who sat on panels that awarded funding to 바카라사이트 projects being assessed did not take part in 바카라사이트 evaluation, 바카라사이트 report says.

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