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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 evaluation criteria in the evaluation offor the proposals are scientific excellence and innovation, relevance and impact, and the pathway to interdisciplinarityimplementation of the proposed work.

  • Scientific excellence and innovation.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 reachingachieving its aims?
  • Relevance and impact.impact: To what extent does thisthe 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 ofdoes the project to leadhave to improvements inimprove the health and well-being inof this group? How great an impact is this project likely to have on the health of this group?
  • Pathway to implementation.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?
  • CompositionTeam composition and excellene of team.excellence: Do the applicants demonstrate the scientific expertise and potential to conduct the proposed research? Does the team include an appropriate combination of expertiseexpertise, and bringbringing together researchers from complementary scientific fields as required? Has the expertise ofHave additional relevant stakeholders with the necessary expertise been included as appropriate?
    • PleaePlease note that scientific excellence and track record will be assessed according to academic age. 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.
Further evaluation criteria
  • Feasibility: Can the project realize its goals givenGiven the competences of the research team, the methodssuggested suggested,methods, the timetimeframe, frame, resources,resources and budget?budget, can the project achieve its goals? 
  • Consideration of gender aspects: The relevance of potential sex-specific and gender-related aspects of the proposed projectsproject 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? 

Please note that, asthat the short proposal will be evaluated only by a high-level jury panel andonly, whereas the full proposal additionallywill be evaluated by experts in the project's specific fields,fields. anAn appropriate level of scientific detail should therefore be provided at each stage to allow evaluation of the proposal by the respective audience.audience to evaluate the proposal.

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