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Direzione Generale della Ricerca e dell’Innovazione in Sanità

Callforproposalsforappliedclinicalandbiomedicalresearch

2016

ReviewProceduresManual

ItalianMinistryofHealthGeneralDirectorateforHealthandInnova>onResearch


callforproposalsforappliedclinicalandbiomedicalresearch2016

GeneralInforma>onTheCallforAppliedResearchProposals2016,launchedbytheItalianMinistryofHealth,hasthefollowingobjecDves:•  DevelophighlyinnovaDveproceduresandnewknowledgeinbiomedicine

•  EvaluatesafetyandeffecDvenessofhealthcaretreatments,technologiesetc.

•  EvaluatethefactorsthatcondiDontheeffecDvenessandefficiencyofhealthservices

•  Addresstopicsconcerningfoodsafetyandanimalwelfare•  Addresstopicsconcerningenvironmentaldisease,occupaDonalsafetyanddisease

GENERALINFORMATION


PROJECTSTYPEØ  Theprojecttypes‘Theory-enhancingand‘Change-promoDng’,aswellasthe

afore-menDonedobjecDvesarecommontothe4callsec>onsthatfollow.EachsecDonwillhaveaspecificrankinglist.

Ø  AllprojectsmusthaveaduraDonof3years.

TheycaninvolvemulD-centresbutmustnothavemorethan3OperaDngUnits(WorkPackages-fromnowonWP).

CALLSECTIONSØ  totalof1652proposalshavebeensubmiWedforevaluaDoninthefollowing

secDon–  Youngresearcherprojects(firstcodedigits:GR)researchersunder40

yearsofage–  Italianresearcherabroadprojects(firstcodedigits:PE)incollaboraDon

withItalianresearchersoperaDngabroad–  Industrialco-financingprojects(firstcodedigits:PC)–  Ordinaryappliedresearchprojects(firstcodedigits:RF)

GENERALINFORMATION


Phase1:Individualevalua>onphaseØ  StartsinNovember2016.Ø  EachapplicaDonwillbeassignedtotwoseparategroupsofreviewersviaanautomaDcsystemin

whichthekeywords(IRG/SSTopicsdefinedbythePrincipalInvesDgator)linktoreviewerswhoseexperDsematchesthecontentoftheproject(tworeviewersforthescienDficevaluaDonandtwofortheNHSimpactevaluaDon).

Ø  ReviewersarerequestedtocompletetheirevaluaDonwithin20daysfrombeingassignedtheproject.

Phase2:Web-based“Face-to-Face”evalua>onØ  ThepurposeistocomparethetwoindividualevaluaDonsofthesameproposalinordertoreach

anagreementonthefinalscoretoassigntotheproject.Ø  Eachreviewerwillhaveaccesstotheother’sevaluaDon.Ø  ThesystemwillrandomlyassigntheroleofTeamLeader(asymbolwillappearonthescreen).Ø  Oncethecomparisonhasterminated,theTeamLeaderwillenteranewcriDquewiththefinal

score,whichtheotherreviewercanacceptorrefuse.

Phase3:FinalStudySessionØ  Scien>ficReviewPanel(oneforeachprojectsecDon)forthefinalstudysession.Ifanagreement

wasnotreachedintheF2F,thenafurtherevaluaDonwillmadebytheScienDficReviewPanel,whichwillworkcollecDvelyas“athirdrefereeinarbitraDon”togiveafinalevaluaDontotheproject.TheFinalScienDficPanelwillsolvealsopossibleincongruenceintheevaluaDons

•  EVALUATIONPHASESandPAYMENTCONDITIONS

EVALUATIONPHASES


Eachprojectwillbeassignedtotwoseparategroupsofreviewers,:•  GroupA–fortheScien>ficEvalua>onoftheprojects(InternaDonalreviewers),inaccordancewiththespecificevaluaDoncriteria(seeScienDficEvaluaDoncriteriaintablefollow)

•  GroupB–fortheNHSImpactEvalua>onoftheprojects(Italianreviewers)

YouareworkingsasGroupAPaymentCondi>ons•  PaymentprocedureswillbeginoncetheevaluaDonprocesshasbeen

completed(probablyattheendofMarch2017).

•  Pleasenotethat,inaccordancewiththeItalianbudgetlaw,paymentswillbesubjecttothecontrolofthecompetentItalianAdministraDvebodythatwilltakeatleast60daysfromthestartofthepaymentprocedure.

EVALUATIONPHASESandPAYMENTCONDITIONS2/2


EVALUATIONCRITERION

Scien>ficEvalua>onoftheprojects(Interna>onalreviewers)

DetailsconcerningtheevaluaDoncriteriacanbefoundinthe‘GuidelinesfortheEvaluaDonofProjectProposals”whichcanbeaccessedviathe‘Manuals’secDontotheleeofthescreen


USINGTHEWEB-BASEDEVALUATIONSYSTEM(RESEARCHWORKFLOWMANAGEMENTSYSTEM)hap://ricerca.cbim.it/index_en.html

TheevaluaDonprocesswillbecarriedoutthroughaWEB-BASEDEVALUATIONSYSTEMnamedBiomedicalResearchWorkFlowManagementSystem,theweb-basedinformaDonsystemisusedbytheItalianMinistryofHealthtosupportthemanagementalltheacDviDesrelatedtoNaDonalBiomedicalResearchProjects

TheslidesthatfollowwillguideyouthroughtheSystem.

FortechnicalassistancepleasecontactITHELPDESKSERVICEbyemail:[email protected]:+390382528559(fromMondaytoFriday-9.00amto6.00pmGMT+1)ForanyotherassistancetypeorqueriespleasecontacttheMinistryofHealthGeneralDirectorateforHealthandInnovaDonResearch

byemail:[email protected]:pleasesendusanemailwithyourphoneandavailabilityandwerecallyouASAP(RememberthatourregularworkingDmeis:fromMondaytoFriday-9.00amto6.00pmGMT+1)


ACCESSINGTHESYSTEMANDLOGINhap://ricerca.cbim.it/index_en.html

ToaccesstheevaluaDonsystempleasegototheURL:hWp://ricerca.cbim.it/index_en.html

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Aeerloggingin,theimageontheleewillappear.AccesstotheReservedAreawillbeenabledbyclickingontheReviewer’smenuonthetoprightofthescreen.


ReviewerArea–Accoun>ngdata

Select«AccounDngdata»

toaccessthepersonalsecDon

Verifyandmodifyyourdataincaseof

omissis/mistakes.Fieldsmarkedwith*arecompulsory.

YouarerequestedtoinsertyourcurriculumandtospecifyyourHindex(format:xx.xx).YoucanfounditonSCOPUSorWEBOFSCIENCEwebsite


ReviewerArea–Accoun>ngdata(IRG/SS)

Hereyoucanselectyourareasof

experDse(max5IRG+SS).TheSystemwillautomaDcallyproposealistof

projectsthatmatchyourexperDse

Attheendclick

“Confirm”

Itispossibletoadduptoamaximumof5IRG+SS.

Youarenotabletodeleteyourpreviouschoice.IncaseyouneedtoremovesomeIRG/[email protected]

ForanyqueriespleasecontactourTechnicalAssistance

Attheendclick“Save”

OurWeb-Based Evalua>on System use an exper>se classifica>onsystem derivate by IRG/SS US-NIH in automa>c alloca>onprocedureoftheprojectstoevaluatetothereviewers.


ReviewerArea–Accoun>ngdata(Payment)

Inordertoavoiddelaysinpayment,pleasethoroughlycheckyourpaymentdata

Clickhereifyouchoosenottobe

paid….Verifyand,if

necessary,modifyyourpaymentdata.Thefieldshighlightedinredaremandatory.FYI:OnlyUSresidentsareallowedtorequestpaymentbycheck.ThisopDondoesnotapplytoanyotherCountry.

REMEMBER:Youcanusethisop>onincase

youdon’tintendreporteditatthis>me.Youcandoitinasecond>me,beforetheend

oftheevalua>onprocedure

(March2017)Youhavealsoanotherspecificfieldforthesameop>on


ReviewerArea–Projectproposedfortheevalua>on

TheSystemproposeyoualistof30projectproposalstoevaluate,youcanselectamaximumof10ata>me.Amer having completedthe evalua>ons of theselected projects (max10ata>me),youwillbeable to goon to selectothers, i f they areavailable.Pleasenotethat,duetot e c hn i c a l r e a s on s ,d i ff e r e n t p r o j e c tproposalsmayappearindifferentloginsessions

Clickhere,«Projectproposedfor

evaluaDon»,toaccessthelistofproject

proposalstoevaluate

Ifyoudecidetoacceptthereview,clickonthegreenicontoaccepttheevalua>on.

Incaseyouselectaproposalthatyoucan’tevaluate,pleasesendanemailwiththerelatedprojectcodetoricercasanitaria@sanita.itwitharequesttoremoveitformyourevalua>onlist


ReviewerArea–Toevaluate/evaluatedproposals

Clickhere«Toevaluate/evaluated

proposals»toaccesstheprojectspreviouslychosenforevaluaDon.

“Status”indicatesthestageoftheindividualevaluaDon:Red=tobeevaluatedYellow=evaluatedbutnotyetsentGreen=evaluatedandsent

“F2F”indicatesthestageoftheFace-to-FaceevaluaDon:Gray=F2FnotyetacDveYellow=finalevaluaDonsentbytheTeamLeaderGreen=finalevaluaDonsentbytheTeamLeaderandacceptedbythesecondreviewerDarkgray=finalevaluaDonsentbytheTeamLeaderandrefusedbythesecondreviewer

ClickonthepencilicontoaccesstheevaluaDonofthe

project


ReviewerArea–Evalua>onClickheretodownload:EvaluaDon•Project(PRF)•AWachments(GANTT,Pictures)

TosubmityourevaluaDon,youarerequiredtoDckthebox.Oncesent,theevalua>oncannotbemodified.

ForeachevaluaDoncriterionitisnecessarytoinsertyourcriDqueinthefield“Note”andtoinsertthecorrespondingscore(pleaseseetheGuidelinesfortheEvaluaDonofProjectProposals).TosaveyourevaluaDonclickon“Confirm”attheboWomofthepage.Whenyouaresurethatyourevalua>oniscomplete,clickon“Sendandmakethefinalassessment”.

ONCESENT,THEEVALUATIONCANNOTBE

MODIFIED

Direzione Generale della Ricerca e dell’Innovazione in Sanità FACETOFACE

•  Afetrthe2ReviewersthatevaluatedaspecificprojectsubmittheindividualevaluaDon,it’llstartedthefacetoFace(F2F)Phase.

•  InthisphasethereviewerstrytofindathirdagreementevaluaDononthesameapplicaDon

•  InthisphaseeveryreviewercanreadtheevaluaDonperofrmedfromtheotherreviewer


•  Inthisphasethe2reviewershave2differentposiDon

TEAMLEADER(theITSystemassignthisposiDon)•  Aeerreadthe2evaluaDoncriDqueproposeoftheotherrevieweracompleteproposalagreedevaluaDon

SECONDREVIER•  AeerreadtheproposalcanacceptitorsendspecificobservaDontotheteamleadertopermittofindandagreemt

Inthisphasethe2reviewershaveaspecificforumforthediscussiontotrytofindanagreement


•  Whenthe2°revieweraccepttheproposaltheevaluaDonisend

•  Incasethe2reviewerrefusetheagreement(pleasetrytofounditintheform,beforetorefuse)orincasetheagrementit’snotperformedthecriDqueforthespecificapplicaDonwillbesubmiWedtotheFinalStudySessionthatwillactasThirdreviewer


ClickheretobeginthecomparisonofthesubmiWedevaluaDons.

ClickheretodownloadsubmiWedindividualevaluaDonsinPDF.

OnceboththeReviewers’evaluaDonshavebeensubmiWed,theForumcanbeaccessedbyclickingon“F2F”toexchangeinformaDonandcommentswiththeotherreviewer.TheTeamLeaderisresponsibleforenteringthefinalassessment.

Direzione Generale della Ricerca e dell’Innovazione in Sanità F2F-FORUM

DuringtheF2FphaseyoucanusetheFORUMspacetodiscusswiththeotherreviewerandtrytofindanevalua>onagreement


AttheendoftheFace-to-Facecomparison,theTeamLeaderwillentertheF2Fassessmentandsubmititbyclickingon“Confirmthefinalassessment”.


Thesecondreviewerwilleitheracceptorrefusethefinalassessmentbyclickingonthecorrespondingbuaon.

AtthispointthePeerReviewoftheProjectProposalwillbeclosed

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