Lisa 1 Kinnitatud Sihtasutuse Eesti Teadusagentuur juhatuse 11.03 ...

Outstanding. The application is very well connected to national strategic plans, the Estonian researchinfrastructure roadmap, or national research programs.Andres Koppeljuhatuse esimeesSA Eesti Teadusagentuuri Awarding of institutional research funding is based on the provisions of the Organisation of Research and Development Actwhich entered into force in 2012, and regulation number 73 ”Conditions and procedure for applying for, awarding andamending the amount of institutional research funding” adopted on 27 December 2011 (amended 8 February 2013)(hereinafter regulation) of the Ministry of Education and Research established on the basis of Subsection 152 (4) of theOrganisation of Research and Development Act.Regulation § 8 section (5):The evaluation committee of the Estonian Research Council shall evaluate applications for research funding based on theopinions of expert panels and considering:1) an overview of the R&D institution’s role, present tasks and goals as well as its sustainability in the research domainscovered by the present application (e.g., for carrying out PhD and Master’s education in the case of universities, or in thecase of state research institutes for carrying out their statutory goals;2) The association of the proposed research topic to national strategic development plans and its importance in carrying outthese plans;3) The general theoretical background of the planned research theme and its place in research, main objectives, hypotheses,methods, and work plan;4) If applicable, an explanation of how ethical requirements have been met in the case of animal and human studies;5) The expected results and possible future developments of the proposed research topic, its importance for science,society, and culture;6) The research team leader and senior research staff, their track record, the number of research positions necessary forcarrying out the research and their structure;7) The existence and state-of-art of the infrastructure necessary for carrying out the research topic;8) The justified budget of the research topic;9) The justification for accommodating into the research topic of other monetary resources by the R&D institution whichbecome available due to the merger, expiry, or termination of other targeted research themes or institutional researchfunding topics.12