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LS26 Targeted Prevention / Evaluation criteria

The following criteria are used in the evaluation.

Main evaluation criteria

Projects that do not meet all key requirements regarding scope will be rejected by the jury, regardless of scientific quality. 

The key criteria in the evaluation of the proposals are scientific excellence and innovation, relevance and impact, and the pathway to interdisciplinarity of the proposed work.

  • Scientific excellence and innovation. To what extent does the project demonstrate scientific novelty in its proposed approach? What is the additional value of this innovation for addressing the specified research gap? Is the project’s overall approach scientifically excellent and appropriate for reaching its aims?
  • Relevance and impact. To what extent does this project contribute to advances in targeted prevention research? How has the team ensured the relevance of the project’s aims, methodology and anticipated outcomes for the specified risk group?  What is the potential of the project to lead to improvements in the health and well-being in this group? How great an impact is this project likely to have on the health of this group?
  • Pathway to implementation. Does the project present a pathway to implementation that will facilitate its intended impact? To what extent have factors relevant for implementation (e.g., stakeholders, milestones, readouts, timeline, economic, budgetary, etc.) been addressed?
  • Composition and excellene of team. Do the applicants demonstrate the scientific expertise and potential to conduct the proposed research? (Note that scientific excellence and track record will be assessed according to academic age.) Does the team include an appropriate combination of expertise and bring together researchers from complementary scientific fields as required? Has the expertise of additional relevant stakeholders been included as appropriate?
Further evaluation criteria
  • Feasibility: Can the project realize its goals given the competences of the research team, the methods suggested, the time frame, resources, and budget? 
  • Consideration of gender aspects: The relevance of potential sex-specific and gender-related aspects of the proposed projects should be considered and explained throughout the proposal. Please consider WWTF's guidelines regarding sex and gender in research.
  • Open Science. Does the proposed work adhere to WWTF's Open Science Policy? 

Other aspects:

  • Career breaks such as for parental leave, care duties and longer illnesses will be taken into account in the evaluation of the proposals. Please indicate the time periods in the applicants' CV to allow them to be considered.  

    Please note that, as the short proposal will be evaluated only by a high-level jury panel and the full proposal additionally by experts in the project's specific fields, an appropriate level of scientific detail should be provided at each stage to allow evaluation of the proposal by the respective audience.

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