- Proposals must adhere to the established submission and evaluation protocol, which entails a single-stage submission followed by an evaluation process.
- All proposals will be reviewed by an evaluation committee, with an initial check focused on the fulfilment of the formal requirements. Proposals found admissible and eligible will be evaluated against the award criteria and then ranked according to their scores.
- For proposals achieving identical scores, priority will be determined based on their respective scores for the ‘Applicant’s capabilities and personnel qualifications’ award criterion. Should these scores also be identical, priority will then be established according to their scores for the ‘Relevance to objectives’ criterion.
- All applicants will be notified of the evaluation result. Successful proposals will be invited for grant preparation, while the remaining proposals will either be placed on a reserve list or rejected.
- Applicants have no right to appeal against the decisions made by the evaluation committee, which are to be considered final and binding.