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Assessment procedure

Applications will be evaluated by peer review and assessed by the NC3Rs Grant Assessment Panel. Feel free to suggest referees for your application, however please note that your choices will be scrutinised by the Office for any conflicts of interest.

The following criteria will be given particular weighting when making the funding decisions:

  • Potential impact on the 3Rs
  • Quality of the science
  • Current or future importance of the techniques to medical, biological or veterinary research
  • Strategy for promoting the proposed research to the scientific community
  • Expertise and track record of the team
  • Relevance to the NC3Rs strategy
  • Value for money

The following assessment criteria and scoring system will be used by the referees:
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