After the deadline, the submitted proposals will be checked for eligibility and those proposals that do not meet the criteria will not undergo evaluation and will be rejected. These eligibility criteria will be checked on the basis of information provided by the applicant in the project documentation. Even if at a later stage, an eligibility criterion is found not to be fulfilled (for example, due to incorrect or misleading information contained in the proposal), the proposal will be rejected.

A proposal will only be considered eligible if it meets all of the following conditions:

• It is received by the NEWFELPRO Secretariat before the deadline given in the Call for proposals;
• It is complete (i.e. all of the requested forms are uploaded, signed and stamped);
• Where a maximum number of words has been indicated for a section of the proposal, the proposal does not exceed the word limit;
• The other eligibility conditions described above are satisfied.

Following the eligibility check, each proposal will first be assessed independently by three experts, chosen by the NEWFELPRO Secretariat from the international pool of experts taking part in this evaluation. All project proposals will be evaluated against the following set of evaluation criteria:

• Scientific/technological quality of the project;
• Scientific/innovation and leadership potential of project applicant;
• Quality of the host institution.

Each criterion will be scored from 1 to 5. Half marks can be given.
 
Successful proposals will be invited to enter into negotiation with the NEWFELPRO Selection Committee. On the basis of the information provided in the proposal and the recommendation by the independent experts, a grant agreement will be then prepared and sent to the host organisation. The grant agreement should be signed in duplicate by the host organisation and returned to the MSES for signature.