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CALL UPDATE: FLASH EVALUATION RESULTS

EVALUATION results

Published: 07.12.2022

Deadline: 11.04.2024

Available budget: EUR 25,000,000

We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.

The results of the evaluation the topic HORIZON-HLTH-2024-TOOL-05-06-two-stage are as follows:

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls): 15

Number of inadmissible proposals: 0

Number of ineligible proposals: 0

Number of above-threshold proposals: 8

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: EUR 63,280,425.10

Number of proposals retained for funding: 3

Number of proposals in the reserve list: 3

Funding threshold[1]: 14.5

Ranking           

Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14: 3

Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13: 4

Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 12: 1

Summary of observers’ report:

Two independent observers were asked to assist the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) in the evaluation of proposals submitted to 9 single and two-stage calls (covering 14 topics) with deadline on 11 April 2024, which were discussed during 2.5 weeks of consensus meetings. They followed the evaluation in order to assess and report on the implementation of the evaluation procedures, on the conduct and fairness of the evaluation process and on the application of the evaluation criteria. Based on the analysis conducted, the observers give independent advice for improvement of the evaluation process.

The evaluation process was fully transparent. The rules and guidelines to be followed were clearly communicated by documents provided to experts, by online and on-site briefings and by instructions given and, where necessary, repeated by the moderators. This ensured a fair and transparent procedure. The evaluation was conducted in an extremely fair and professional way, thanks to a thorough and meticulous preparation and to the helpful and competent HaDEA staff involved, including the quality checkers and the assistant team.

The lump sum method was used in this evaluation. Despite that the budget tables provided detailed information and that guidance was provided, many experts found it challenging assessing the proposed budgets.

The independent observers were impressed by the high quality of the evaluation, and made some further recommendations, for consideration in setting up the rules for the next framework programme. The most important advice is that a higher weight should be assigned to the Excellence criterion. It has at present a weight of 1/3 of the final score. This should be increased, as scientific excellence is the most important factor that determines the quality of a project. Such a change would be in line with international practices.

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