n the past year, the Scientific Council of the ERC introduced changes in the evaluation processes and evaluation forms for the 2024 calls for research proposals. in a report, ERC President Maria Leptin gives an overview of the changes, the discussions that led to them, and the reasoning behind them.

The changes follow up on the debate on research assessment in recent years and the fact that reforms were introduced in some countries and institutions. The Scientific Council shares the concern that current research assessment systems often use inappropriate and narrow methods to assess the quality, performance and impact of research and researchers.

Evaluation_of_research_proposals.pdf (europa.eu)