This questionnaire is inspired by the evaluation experience of the Sectorial Commission for Scientific Research (CSIC) of the University of the Republic, Uruguay. It has been designed by Natalia Gras, Associate Professor of the Academic Unit of the CSIC of the University of the Republic, Uruguay, within the framework of CLACSO-IDRC 109465-001 Project, based in CLACSO´s research area, directed by Pablo Vommaro. It benefits from the participation of FOLEC-CLACSO (as an observer) in the research evaluation work group of the Global Research Council, in DORA´s Advisory Council , and more recently in the scoping group on research assessment promoted by InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), the Global Young Academy (GYA) and the International Science Council (ISC); also from the collaboration of Prof. T.A. Abinandanan, Venkat Nadella and Poonam Pandey from DST-Centre for Policy Research (CPR), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the contribution of the work team made up of Laura Rovelli, Dominique Babini and Ana Luna González from FOLEC-CLACSO.
"Development problems" will be used to refer broadly to the problems of social and economic development of the countries (problems in the area of production of goods and services, public policy, health, social exclusion, poverty, environmental, energy, etc.).
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What is this questionnaire about?
We intend, through this questionnaire, to gather information on the forms of evaluation of research proposals oriented to the search for solutions to development problems, their characteristics, processes and evaluation criteria by specialists and/or authorities of scientific and/or higher education organizations in countries of the Global South, with focus on developing economies of South Asia: Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka.
In this way, we aim to highlight and analyze relevant and quality ways of evaluating research proposals for funding to better adapt to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), global "grand challenges" and local critical situations, as well as to facilitate funding schemes that promote more inclusive research systems.
Our results will be open access and internationally disseminated to major funders of science, innovation and higher education.
