Evaluation of research proposals in FRIMEDBIO

BIO seminar 28 March 2012

Forskingsfelt for FRIMEDBIO

•Klinisk medisin•Samfunnsmedisin og helsefag•Klinisk odontologi•Samfunnsodontologi•Samfunnsfarmasi•Translasjonsforskning•Helsetjenesteforskning•Sykepleievitenskap•Idrettsmedisinske fag•Ernæring•Forebyggende medisin•Psykologi/psykiatri

•Epidemiologi•Medisinsk etikk•Mikrobiologi•Molekylærbiologi•Translasjonsforskning•Fysiologi•Toksikologi•Populasjonsbiologi•Systematikk•Plantefysiologi•Cellebiologi•Genetikk

•Genteknololgi•Patologi•Økologi•Zoologi•Limnologi•Immunologi•Biokjemi•Anatomi•Farmakologi•Evolusjonsbiologi•Botanikk•Marinbiologi

Ca 425 applications annually - for 3 bill NOK……

• Divided among 11 expert referee panels:– Evolution and ecology: 2 panels– Physiology: 2 panels– Medicine: 4 panels– Molecular Biology: 3 panels

• Success rate in 2012: – personal post docs ( success rate 15% for 2012)– 45% of applications with grade 5 or better in 2012

– researcher projects (success rate 4.7% for 2012)– 29% of applications had grade 6 or 7 in 2012

The 11 expert referee panels

• Use scientific merit as the only criterion and rank the best in two lists: – Evaluation according to: Originality, clear

hypotheses, methods chosen, realism of project ….qualifications of research group, publication record of project manager, international and national collaboration…

FRIMEDBIO Komitè(Medicine, Health and Biology)

• Sameline Grimsgaard, Førsteamanuensis (Chair), Klinisk forskningssenter, Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge HF

• Cecilia Lundberg, Universitetslektor , Institutionen för experimentell medicinsk vetenskap, Lunds Universitet

• Anne-Liis von Knorring, Professor , Institutionen för nevrovitenskap, Uppsala universitet

• Jørund Straand, Professor , Institutt for allmen og samfunnsmedisin, Universitetet i Oslo

• Berit Lilienthal Heitmann, Professor , Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital

• Donald Gullberg, Professor , Institutt for biomedisin, Universitetet i Bergen• Jorunn Jørgensen, Professor , Norges Fiskerihøgskole, Universitetet i Tromsø• Charlotta Kvarnemo, Professor , Zoologiske institutionen, Gøteborgs Universitet• Anne Gro Vea Salvanes, Professor , Institutt for biologi, Universitetet i Bergen• Preben Dybdahl Thomsen, Professor , Department of Basic Animal and Veterinary

Sciences, University of Copenhagen

FRIMEDBIO Komitè• Oversees and synthesize referee evaluations

from the 11 expert panels.• Decide on a ranked list of researcher and

personal post doc proposals that merit funding• Funding 2012: – 144 mill NOK to 21 projects (17 researcher projects

and 4 personal post docs)– +34 mill to 4 ERC- applications that just not got

funded by ERC– +«Fellesløftet»