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Standing Committee on Panels

Elena-Simona Toma Secretary of the Committee on Panels ERCEA/A1

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• Constitution of Standing Committees of the Scientific Council:

October 2009 following the recommendations made in the 2009 Mid-Term Review Report on the European Research Council's Structures and Mechanisms ("Towards a world class frontier research organization")

• It meets twice per year, in conjunction with meetings of the

Scientific Council plenary or the ERC board

• It has extraordinary meetings during the year, when needed

Standing Committee on Panels

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Delegated Responsibilities

• To formulate policies & procedures for selecting ERC

evaluators under the responsibility of the ScC;

• To develop norms and rules for the functioning of the ERC peer

evaluation system and of panels;

• To steer the setting up and monitoring of a data base of

experts;

• To prepare and approve specific proposals for panel

composition.

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CoP Composition

• Chaired by the ERC President
• The 3 ERC Vice-presidents (domain coordinators)
• One ScC member per domain
• Supported by the Operational Standing Committee representing the

Scientific Department and the Unit A1 "Support to the Scientific Council"

Jean-Pierre BOURGUIGNON Eva KONDOROSI Klaus BOCK Martin STOKHOF Margaret BUCKINGHAM Athene DONALD Michel WIEVIORKA Chair LS domain coordinator PE domain coordinator SH domain coordinator

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Panel Recruitment - Main Steps

Annual Information Exercise analysis of the participation of panel members in the evaluation AIE decisions: CoP meeting

• list of panel chairs
• list of panel members to be

reinvited Invitations of Panel Chairs Re-invitations of Panel Members Domain coordinators and ScC members: Selection and invitation of new experts Contracting experts Panel meetings ScC members

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CoP Activity

Guided by the "Policy and Procedures for the Selection of ERC Peer Reviewers" approved by the ScC that covers:

• The CoP and its operation
• The ERC panel structure and panel descriptors
• Guidelines for the composition of panels
• The role of the various actors involved

In line with the ERC Rules for submission of proposals, and the related evaluation, selection and award procedures

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Panel Composition

• Around 350 panel members and chairs serve every year for each
• f the three main calls
• About 35% of the panel members serving each call are new

appointments (ScC target: min 25%)

• Almost 4,000 distinct experts served until now (2007-2016) as

panel members and chairs for the evaluation of ERC calls

• After serving in four ERC calls there is a break of at least four

years before the expert could be invited again

Some exceptions made when the StG call was split

• Maximum number of calls experts can serve as chair: three calls
• Appropriate balances relating to gender, representation of

institutions and countries, geographical diversity, ERC grantees …

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Panel Composition - Gender

• Overall 30% of panel chairs / panel members are women
• Positive trends, especially in AdG calls
• Goal: minimum of 40% of the underrepresented gender

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Panel Composition – International Panels

• Panel members and chairs from 58 countries

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Panel Composition – Geographical Area

• Geographical spread: no more than two panel members from host institution in

the same country (in exceptional cases up to three)

• Institutional balance: no more than one panel member from the same (umbrella)

institution (in exceptional cases two); secondary affiliations considered

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Panel Composition – ERC Grantees

• Slightly over 20% of the panellists are ERC grantees (on average)
• Set threshold: max 40%

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Key Factors of Success

Experts are contacted well in advance of the evaluation

• Increases likelihood to compose excellent panels
• Balances workload of everyone involved

Every panel member is confirmed individually by the Scientific Council Panel members are requested to be fully available for both panel meetings