Presentation of Board Members and Evaluation Criteria

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Presentation of Board Members and Evaluation
Criteria

• Lars Wärngård
• Feb 4, 2004

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Founders of Brain Power

• Kai Hammerich
• Staffan Normark
• Ewa Ställdal
• Madeleine Ceasar Håkan Eriksson
• Erna Möller
• Eva Lindencrona

The fund is 20 million SEK per annum for 5 years
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Organization of Brain Power
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• Brain Power 
• is not a traditional research grant but a
  proposal for funds for an integrated center,
  ranging from basic research in neurosciences to
  experimental and clinical research i.e. a
• Center of Excellence

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A possible design for the Center of Excellence
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What has happened so far?

• 25 applications were received for the Brain Power
  Program in the first step last year. No
  scientific evaluation was included in this round.
• 6 of these applications were invited for the next
  stage.
• 3 of the 6 candidates have joined forces and sent
  in one application, i.e., there are now 4
  applications in total.

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The Applicants

• CODY Cognitive Dysfunction during the life
  cycle Studies of development disorders and
  dementia, Uppsala University, Lars Lannfelt
• Center for Diagnostic Differentiation and Therapy
  of Neurodegenerative Disorders Karolinska
  Institutet, Håkan Hall
• SCENE The Swedish Center for Neuro-Engineering,
  Linköping University, Karin Wårdell
• Center for Early Diagnosis and Therapy Research
  for Neurodegenerative Diseases A Swedish
  Network, Karolinska Institutet, Bengt Winblad

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Timeline of Brain Power
Jan 31, 2004 Deadline for application
Feb 4, 2004 Meeting on Evaluation Process
April/May 2004 Ranking of the applications by the
priority group
April 2004 Evaluation of the applications by the
expert panels
June 2004 Final Decision by Founders
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Evaluation criteria

• Scientific quality
• Competence in relation to requirements
• Organization and execution plan
• Realizable project
• Infrastructural conditions, especially
  Information Communication Technologies (ICT)
• Applicants own contributions to the program
• Collaboration with other actors including
  research organizations, commercial entities and
  others who are not directly related to the Center
  of Excellence
• Scientific impact on research, health and social
  welfare and Swedish business enterprise
• Leadership/Management organization plan
• Information dissemination

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Expert panels evaluation should put emphasis on

• Scientific quality
• Competence in relation to requirements
• Realizable project
• Scientific impact on research, health and social
  welfare

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Priority groups evaluation should include all
the evaluation criteria but stress

• Organization and execution plan
• Leadership/Management organization plan
• Applicants own contributions to the program
• Infrastructural conditions, especially ICT
  resources
• Information dissemination
• Scientific impact on Swedish business enterprise
• Collaboration with other actors including
  research organizations, commercial entities and
  others who are not directly related to the Center
  of Excellence