1. Overview on proposals submitted to first call SC1 - stage 1

2. OVERVIEW ON SUBMISSIONS TO FIRST CALL FOR PROPOSALS – TWO STAGE (STAGE 1)
1681 proposals received
Eligibility checks ongoing
Distribution per topic is diverse

3. BREAKDOWN OF PROPOSALS PER TOPICS
Number of Proposals
Topic Number
Topic
359
PHC-01
Understanding health, ageing and disease: determinants, risk factors and pathways
120
PHC-05
Health promotion and disease prevention: translating ‘omics’ into stratified approaches 84
PHC-06
Evaluating existing screening and prevention programmes
462
PHC-10
Development of new diagnostic tools and technologies: in vitro devices, assays and platforms
296
PHC-13
New therapies for chronic non-communicable diseases
136
PHC-17
Comparing the effectiveness of existing healthcare interventions in the elderly
108
PHC-23
Developing and comparing new models for safe and efficient, prevention oriented health and care systems
116
PHC-32
Advancing bioinformatics to meet biomedical and clinical needs

4. EVALUATION PROCEDURE: SIMPLIFIED STAGE 1
Remote only
About 750 experts, no final number yet but we aim for at least 40 % women and appropriate country and public/private balance
Individual evaluation by five experts per proposal
No consensus but median score per criterion
Total score = median score criterion 1 + median score criterion 2
Standard sentences for ESRs of rejected proposals
Invitation letter for full proposal without ESR to successful coordinators (as under FP7)

5. COMMUNICATION OF RESULTS
Feedback to successful coordinators/PC: Mid May
Feedback to unsuccessful coordinators/PC: End May
Presentation of results at next PC meeting (20 June)

6. SECOND STAGE EVALUATION
Evaluation stage 2: second half of August and September
NEW as compared to FP7:
Gender and sex differences need to be taken into account and properly addressed in the scientific part of the proposal and will be evaluated
Higher emphasis on impact
No grant negotiation: proposals need to be very good and present realistic budgets in relation to the work proposed