Face-to-face panel meetings versus remote evaluation of fellowship applications: simulation study at the Swiss National Science Foundation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To trial a simplified, time and cost-saving method for remote evaluation of fellowship applications and compare this with existing panel review processes by analysing concordance between funding decisions, and the use of a lottery-based decision method for proposals of similar quality.

Design

The study involved 134 junior fellowship proposals for postdoctoral research ('Postdoc.Mobility'). The official method used two panel reviewers who independently scored the application, followed by triage and discussion of selected applications in a panel. Very competitive/uncompetitive proposals were directly funded/rejected without discussion. The simplified procedure used the scores of the two panel members, with or without the score of an additional, third expert. Both me

SUBMITTER: Bieri M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8103360 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature