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Being a peer reviewer for EU-Horizon 2020 Anja Declercq

How do you become a reviewer?  You can register as an expert in the participant portal

Why did I register?  Gaining knowledge about the review process for EU-proposals  Becoming better at writing a good proposal 3

Then  I was invited to review 19 first stage proposals for a two- stage call  I received a login  Can see the proposals in an online portal  Get a quite extensive manual on how to score and also about confidentiality  There is a helpdesk for questions – reacts very fast Well organised! 4

Process  5 reviewers per proposal  Median score (not average) was taken into account  Outliers can be omitted  In some instances, there is a process of concertation between reviewers, in Brussels.  This was not the case here, I do not know who the other reviewers were, nor what the end scores were. 5

How to review  2 x 5 questions: questions were based upon/clearly linked with call (in this case: 5 on innovative characteristics of the research and 5 on valorisation)  Have to score AND give a clear motivation for the score  This is checked: for two items in two different reviews, I was asked to expand on my motivation.  So: not something you do in between other tasks, need to spend sufficient time  Is compensated financially (fixed amount per review) 6

Would I do it again? 7