All eligible applications submitted will be subjected to internal or external review (please see Call guidance for more information) followed by consideration for funding by NAPIC’s Funding Evaluation Panel comprising representatives from NAPIC’s Advisory Boards. NAPIC’s Non-Executive Board (NEB) will make the final decision on projects to be funded.
NAPIC will make use of three reviewer pools for CPF; Internal – consisting of the Operational Management Team (Operations Director, Technology & Innovation Manager(s), and Programme Manager) and the two academic Science Management Team (SMT) Champions. External – consisting of the SMT and Industry Advisory Board Steering group. External Plus – consisting of the External pool, in addition to selected experts from wider networks, both national and international. Conflict of interest is managed and reviewers must agree to a Confidentiality Agreement before reviewing any applications. Following review, the Funding Evaluation Panel will make a recommendation to the NAPIC Non-Executive Board of projects for approval. NAPIC reserves the right to apply a ‘portfolio’ approach. The portfolio can be spread across a range of NAPIC: Focus areas Pillars Innovation Challenges Sectors Project durations Locations The ‘portfolio approach’ is used to make sure that funds are allocated across the strategic areas identified in the scope of the funding call. This may mean that a proposal that scores less than yours is successful.