Evaluation criteria for CVS research grants

1) Relevance in relation to the CVS focus areas or the specific theme of the call (1-5)

• To what extent does the project focus on the focal areas that the CVS is to analyse?

Alternatively:

• To what extent does the project focus on the research themes requested by CVS in the call?

2) Relevance in relation to the CVS area of activity (1-5)

• To what extent does the project focus on "the opportunities and challenges that the modern welfare society faces in terms of governance, organisation, and management?"
• To what extent is the project sufficiently "university-wide and "interdisciplinary"?
• What potential does the project have to contribute to the CVS goal of "a development of knowledge that can influence and change the future towards a socially sustainable welfare society"?

3) Scientific quality and originality (1-5)

• To what extent is the overall research problem clearly described?
• To what extent is the project plan sufficiently clear in terms of:
  • the purpose of the project?
  • the questions to be answered?
  • what is to be done (method) and when (timetable)?
  • how to interpret the data in relation to theory and previous research? 
• What potential does the project have to
  • apply new perspectives to the area to be studied?
  • increase knowledge in this area?

4) Implementation (1-5)

• To what extent is the implementation plan realistic (e.g. scope of the task in relation to time and budget)?
• To what extent does the project take sufficient account of both scientific and popular science dissemination of results?

5) Social relevance (1-5)

To what extent can the results of the project have a social impact? 

6) External partners (1-5)

To what extent are external partners beneficial to the project and to the fulfilment of its objective(s)? (consider any co-funding in time or money that could benefit the research)  

7) Competence of the research group (1-5)

To what extent does the project team have sufficient credentials in the field to carry out the research task?

8) Overall assessment of the quality of the application (1-5)

This criterion is a summary assessment of the whole application which is not necessarily an average of the above, e.g. assessment criteria 1, 2 and 3 may carry more weight than the other criteria.