Conflict of Interest Declaration

The RIR review process relies on all members of the ELIXIR Technical Coordinator Group (TeCG) to be part of the reviewer’s pool. The aim of this activity is to gather TeCG’s expert opinions on the RIR applications. The call for RIR submission was opened on 2 December 2019 and will close on 31 January 2020. The Review Process webinar will be held on 16 December 2019, 12:00 GMT by invitation only. You will receive the call-in information of the RIR Reviewer’s webinar on a nearer date. Recording of this webinar will be available upon request to Sira (sirarat.sarntivijai@elixir-europe.org).

With TeCG as the ELIXIR RIR’s pool of reviewers, it is inevitable that our members may partake in some activities with regards to the RIR application(s) from their Nodes/institutions. This does not mean that you will be disqualified as a reviewer. It ​is ​important ​that ​you ​are ​in ​a ​position ​to ​objectively ​evaluate ​any ​proposal ​that ​you undertake ​to ​review. Therefore, we ask that you fill out the following form to your best ability to let the RIR selection committee know which RIR application(s) you may have been involved in to avoid foreseeable conflict of interest when assigning applications to TeCG reviewers.

​Conflicts ​of ​Interest ​arise ​when ​the ​reviewer ​and ​an applicant ​have ​in ​common ​any ​of ​the ​following ​factors:

  • membership ​of ​same ​institution
  • membership ​of ​governance ​body ​for ​institution ​involved
  • co-grants ​over ​the ​last ​five ​years
  • currently ​active ​projects
  • direct ​involvement ​with ​the ​work ​proposed
  • close ​personal/family ​relationship ​with ​any ​of ​partners

The RIR selection committee will use the information that you provide to avoid assignment of application to the reviewer with conflicting interest.

Conflicts
Please indicate potential conflicts of interest by listing the RIR applications/relevant work(s) that you have been involved in/shared common interest with as described above. Leave blank if declaring NO conflict of interest.
Confidentiality

Confidentiality​ ​notice

We ​ask ​reviewers ​to ​acknowledge ​the ​importance ​of ​keeping ​details ​of ​the ​proposals they ​review ​confidential. ​This ​is ​necessary ​to ​encourage ​the ​submission ​of ​innovative proposals ​from ​the ​ELIXIR ​Nodes ​and ​to ​encourage ​frank ​reviewer ​comment. Accordingly, ​we ​ask ​you ​to ​undertake ​to ​keep ​confidential ​all ​information ​in ​relation ​to the ​proposal, ​including:

  • the ​fact ​that ​an ​application ​has ​been ​made;
  • name ​of ​the ​host ​research ​organisation;
  • details ​of ​the ​applicants ​(title, ​forenames, ​initials, ​surname, ​research organisation ​and ​department);
  • name(s) ​of ​project ​partner ​organisations;
  • project ​title;
  • technical ​and ​non-technical ​abstracts ​of ​the ​proposal, ​including ​all ​details ​of ​the science ​project ​and ​training ​programmes;
  • peer ​review ​information.
By checking this box, I confirm that I have read and understood the Confidentiality Notice, and that all information declared in the Conflict of Interest statement is true.