Mandate

The Committee on the Evaluation of Research Proposals and Results will decide which research projects will be funded on the basis of merit and relevance. The criteria for relevance will be decided by the Research Board subject to the approval of the Board of Representatives. The criteria are together necessary and sufficient. The Committee shall have a chair with expertise in at least one of the three fields of research enunciated above and will be an ex-officio member of the Research Board. There shall be a sufficient number of members of the committee with expertise in the three fields of research enunciated above to evaluate the research projects submitted in a timely way. When variations in the volume of submissions require it, the chair may appoint sufficient consultants to do the work expediently subject, in each case, to the approval of the Chair of the Research Board.

The Committee will evaluate the results of the research projects that have been approved and funded after their completion.

Approved by the Board Aug 2009