Interpretation Guidelines for the Fall 2013 Knowledge Synthesis Grant Competition Adjudication Criteria - Long descriptions

Figure 1

This figure outlines adjudication criteria and sub-criteria at each stage of the competition process for the Project Scheme. The relative weighting of each criterion is included, where applicable.

At Stage 1 – Concept and Feasibility, the following criterion and sub-criterion will be assessed.

Concept

• Quality of the Idea
• Importance of the idea

Feasibility

• Approach
• Expertise, Experience, and Resources

Budget

Note that there is no weighting attached to the Budget criterion. Although budgets will not factor into an application’s overall ranking, peer reviewers will be advising CIHR on what constitutes an appropriate level of support for the project.

At Stage 2, the final assessment stage, the overall quality of select "grey zone" applications will be assessed.

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