any stage of the process prior to the award, notwithstanding the indications included in section 22 of the present terms of reference. Applications sent after the deadline will not be accepted. In the case of applications to collaborate with the United Kingdom, the UK counterpart will follow a process of admissibility regarding the UK applicants according to the terms of reference for NERC. Evaluation Process Especially appointed for this call, two Ad-Hoc Committees will participate in the evaluation process; composed by scientists of excellence, experience and expertise in the areas of the submitted projects. The Committees will be in charge of the process of evaluation and pre-selection of projects. To do this, it will carry out the following activities: Review and analyze evaluations, comments and suggestions of external reviewers to the projects. Each proposal will be evaluated by at least two external experts. Where necessary the Committee will be able to evaluate the projects too. out a joint assessment in those cases where there are discrepancies, inconsistencies, technical or theoretical weaknesses of external evaluations received. Propose to CONICYT a prioritized list of projects recommended to be awarded. In the case of the projects presented with UK counterparts, experts in the scientific area of this call appointed by NERC and CONICYT will participate in the specific Chile-UK Joint Ad Hoc Committee. In addition to the above mentioned activities, the Chile-UK Joint Ad Hoc Committee will critically review the science scope of the submitted proposals and its accordance with the objectives of the call and the thematic areas mentioned in section 7. Where projects are judged not to fit the thematic area for UK based researchers they will be removed from the funding frame. In the case of projects presented with counterparts from the United States or Germany, an Ad-Hoc Committee will be formed with experts nominated by CONICYT. The criteria and their respective weights to be considered in the evaluation of the projects submitted to the call are indicated below. Category Evaluation Criteria Weighting Quality of the proposal Scientific quality of the proposal 30% Relevance, pertinence and originality 15% Scientific and Capacity and suitability of the research team 30% management capacity Potential impact Scientific and technological impact of the project 25% The scientific quality of the Project criteria considers the following aspects:
any stage of the process prior to the award, notwithstanding the indications included in section 22 of the present terms of reference. Applications sent after the deadline will not be accepted. In the case of applications to collaborate with the United Kingdom, the UK counterpart will follow a process of admissibility regarding the UK applicants according to the terms of reference for NERC. Evaluation Process Especially appointed for this call, two Ad-Hoc Committees will participate in the evaluation process; composed by scientists of excellence, experience and expertise in the areas of the submitted projects. The Committees will be in charge of the process of evaluation and pre-selection of projects. To do this, it will carry out the following activities: Review and analyze evaluations, comments and suggestions of external reviewers to the projects. Each proposal will be evaluated by at least two external experts. Where necessary the Committee will be able to evaluate the projects too. out a joint assessment in those cases where there are discrepancies, inconsistencies, technical or theoretical weaknesses of external evaluations received. Propose to CONICYT a prioritized list of projects recommended to be awarded. In the case of the projects presented with UK counterparts, experts in the scientific area of this call appointed by NERC and CONICYT will participate in the specific Chile-UK Joint Ad Hoc Committee. In addition to the above mentioned activities, the Chile-UK Joint Ad Hoc Committee will critically review the science scope of the submitted proposals and its accordance with the objectives of the call and the thematic areas mentioned in section 7. Where projects are judged not to fit the thematic area for UK based researchers they will be removed from the funding frame. In the case of projects presented with counterparts from the United States or Germany, an Ad-Hoc Committee will be formed with experts nominated by CONICYT. The criteria and their respective weights to be considered in the evaluation of the projects submitted to the call are indicated below. Category Evaluation Criteria Weighting Quality of the proposal Scientific quality of the proposal 30% Relevance, pertinence and originality 15% Scientific and management capacity Capacity and suitability of the research team 30% Potential impact Scientific and technological impact of the project 25% The scientific quality of the Project criteria considers the following aspects: