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Established by the European Commission Standing Committee on Panels Elena-Simona Toma Secretary of the Committee on Panels ERCEA/A1

Standing Committee on Panels Established by the European Commission  Constitution of Standing Committees of the Scientific Council: October 2009 following the recommendations made in the 2009 Mid-Term Review Report on the European Research Council's Structures and Mechanisms ("Towards a world class frontier research organization")  It meets twice per year, in conjunction with meetings of the Scientific Council plenary or the ERC board  It has extraordinary meetings during the year, when needed │ 2

Delegated Responsibilities Established by the European Commission  To formulate policies & procedures for selecting ERC evaluators under the responsibility of the ScC;  To develop norms and rules for the functioning of the ERC peer evaluation system and of panels;  To steer the setting up and monitoring of a data base of experts;  To prepare and approve specific proposals for panel composition. │ 3

CoP Composition Established by the European Commission  Chaired by the ERC President  The 3 ERC Vice-presidents (domain coordinators)  One ScC member per domain Jean-Pierre B OURGUIGNON Chair Eva K ONDOROSI LS domain coordinator Klaus B OCK PE domain coordinator Martin S TOKHOF SH domain coordinator Margaret B UCKINGHAM Athene D ONALD Michel W IEVIORKA  Supported by the Operational Standing Committee representing the Scientific Department and the Unit A1 "Support to the Scientific Council" │ 4

Panel Recruitment - Main Steps Established by the European Commission Annual Information Exercise analysis of the participation of panel members in the evaluation AIE decisions: CoP meeting ScC Panel meetings - list of panel chairs members - list of panel members to be observe reinvited Contracting experts Invitations of Panel Chairs Domain coordinators and ScC members: Re-invitations of Panel Members Selection and invitation of new experts

CoP Activity Established by the European Commission Guided by the "Policy and Procedures for the Selection of ERC Peer Reviewers" approved by the ScC that covers:  The CoP and its operation  The ERC panel structure and panel descriptors  Guidelines for the composition of panels  The role of the various actors involved In line with the ERC Rules for submission of proposals, and the related evaluation, selection and award procedures │ 6

Panel Composition Established by the European Commission  Around 350 panel members and chairs serve every year for each of the three main calls  About 35% of the panel members serving each call are new appointments (ScC target: min 25%)  Almost 4,000 distinct experts served until now (2007-2016) as panel members and chairs for the evaluation of ERC calls  After serving in four ERC calls there is a break of at least four years before the expert could be invited again Some exceptions made when the StG call was split  Maximum number of calls experts can serve as chair: three calls  Appropriate balances relating to gender, representation of institutions and countries, geographical diversity, ERC grantees … │ 7

Panel Composition - Gender Established by the European Commission  Overall 30% of panel chairs / panel members are women  Positive trends, especially in AdG calls  Goal: minimum of 40% of the underrepresented gender │ 8

Panel Composition – International Panels Established by the European Commission  Panel members and chairs from 58 countries │ 9

Panel Composition – Geographical Area Established by the European Commission  Geographical spread: no more than two panel members from host institution in the same country (in exceptional cases up to three)  Institutional balance: no more than one panel member from the same (umbrella) institution (in exceptional cases two); secondary affiliations considered │ 10

Panel Composition – ERC Grantees Established by the European Commission  Slightly over 20% of the panellists are ERC grantees (on average)  Set threshold: max 40% │ 11

Key Factors of Success Established by the European Commission Experts are contacted well in advance of the evaluation • Increases likelihood to compose excellent panels • Balances workload of everyone involved Every panel member is confirmed individually by the Scientific Council Panel members are requested to be fully available for both panel meetings │ 12