Work Package 3

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• Work Package 3
• Exchange of information Surveys in best practice
• Task Leader
• Irish Research Council for the Humanities and
  Social Sciences

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• WP3 Overview
• Conduct a comparative analysis of HERA partner
  Research Councils
• focusing on application procedures and peer
  review processes. This will
• inform the development of recommendations to be
  utilised in the
• administration of the transnational research
  programme.
• WP3 Objectives
• Exchange information on best practice in
  application procedures
• Develop an application procedure model to inform
  joint funding
• programmes
• Collate data on peer review processes in partner
  Councils
• Develop a peer review model to inform joint
  funding programmes

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• Task 3.1 Application Procedures
• Questionnaire-based survey completed by all
  partners
• Supplementary telephone interviews
• Production of report, consisting of
• Part One Database of individual partners
  application procedures
• Part Two Comparative analysis of partner
  Councils operational
• procedures and recommendations for
  the management
• of the transnational research
  programme

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• Task 3.2 Peer Review
• Questionnaire-based survey (circulated with
  survey for Task 3.1)
• completed by all partners
• Workshop scheduled for October/November 2005?
• One-day event
• Relevant expert speakers
• Exchange of information
• Breakout sessions
• Analysis of information collated
• Production of a report on peer review with
  recommendations for the
• process to be employed by the transnational
  research programme

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• Progress to date
• Gathered preliminary data on partner Councils
• Investigation and examination of comparative
  surveys undertaken by
• other ERA-NETs (e.g. NORFACE)
• Extensive planning of task
• Design and development of questionnaire

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• Plan of work (first 12 months)
• 2005
• March June Research, plan, design and develop
  questionnaire,
• conduct telephone interviews
• July October Collate, analyse data, organise
  workshop
• November December Finalise report for Task 3.1
• 2006
• January April Peer Review report
• Key Dates
• 10 June 2005 Circulate questionnaire
• 30 June 2005 Partner Councils return completed
• questionnaires
• November 2005 Peer Review workshop

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• Risk Assessment
• Rely on co-operation and input of partner
  Councils
• Seek commitment to process
• Timely completion of all questionnaires
• Deliverables
• D3.1.1 Report on best practice in application
  procedures
• D3.2.1 Report on best practice in peer review

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• Dr. Marc Caball
• Director
• Irish Research Council for the Humanities and
  Social Sciences
• (IRCHSS)
• First Floor, Brooklawn House
• Shelbourne Road
• Ballsbridge
• Dublin 4
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email info_at_irchss.ie
• Web www.irchss.ie