The European Commission is looking for independent experts to evaluate the 40,000 proposals expected every year for Horizon 2020, the EU’s R&D programme for 2014-2020. Alongside researchers and academics, the Commission is looking for more specialists from the commercial and business communities.
"We need the very best experts from research, industry and elsewhere to make sure that only the very best and most innovative projects are funded,” said EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.
The call is open to people of any nationality with expertise in relevant fields. Interested candidates can apply online. The first project proposal evaluations will start in 2014, but the call to become an evaluator will remain open for the lifetime of Horizon 2020.
Independent experts registered under the Seventh Framework Programme are invited to update their area of expertise in line with the new set of Horizon 2020 specialist fields.
The experts’ work is different from that of the Advisory Groups, which are responsible for providing advice to the Commission on the preparation of work programmes.
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