iMERMAID Call for Evaluators

Extended Demonstration of iMERMAID innovative solutions in associated regions of the Mediterranean

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Join iMERMAID as an EXTERNAL EVALUATOR

To participate, submit your application by 17 September 17.00 CEST

Purpose

iMERMAID aims to establish a pool of experts to support the review and selection process of the proposals we receive under our Open Call #1: Extended Demonstration of iMERMAID innovative solutions in associated regions of the Mediterranean.

About the iMERMAID project

The iMERMAID project is bringing together smart solutions to prevent and monitor contaminants of emerging concern (CoECs) in the Mediterranean Sea. iMERMAID has opened its first open call for Associated Regions, where successful regional and local authorities located in EU Member States and in Associated Countries can benefit from the technologies developed in the project. Through its Open Call #1, iMERMAID will invest €400,000 to fund and support 4 associated regions that will propose use cases, addressing their specific challenges and objectives related to CoECs. Associated Regions will work with the iMERMAID consortium to develop their use-case and to demonstrate the feasibility, replicability and scalability of solutions developed in iMERMAID.

Evaluators profile

We are looking for experts in any of the following domains:

  • Water Treatment
  • WasteWater Treatment
  • Water Quality
  • Water Management
  • Water Supply
  • Chemistry
  • BlueTech
  • Blue Economy
  • Environmental Health

Experts should show a demonstrated understanding and proven track record in the technical areas corresponding to the iMERMAID Open Call #1 addressed topics:

  1. Upstream chemical pollution detection: monitoring, mapping and hot spot identification
  2. Solutions against upstream water chemical pollution: prevention, reduction, and remediation

Experts will be evaluated based on their professional experience and expertise in the aforementioned areas, as well as previous experience in evaluating proposals submitted to EU and FSTP programmes.

What are the benefits for the evaluators

  • Learn about break-thourgh technologies for water chemical monitoring, protection and remediation
  • Participate in the selection of local and regional authorities that will lead the application and testing of these innovative solutions
  • Connect with innovative organizations
  • Receive reimbursement for evaluation work

What is expected from the external evaluators

The services to be provided will be done remotely and will involve the evaluation of a selection of applications submitted to the iMERMAID Open Call #1.

The evaluation process consists of:

  • evaluation of proposals
  • consensus meetings between the evaluators for the same applications
  • development and validation of consensus evaluation reports

Evaluators selected to participate in the evaluation will be required to sign a non-conflict of interest declaration and a contract with the CORTEX2 project, before being accepted to evaluate any application

Remuneration

Selected evaluators will be reimbursed for their time and effort based on the number of applications evaluated (minimum number to be agreed), with each application corresponding to a value of €50 considering all the services required.

Deadline to submit expressions of interest: September 17th 2024 (17:00 CET).

  • Need more information? Feel free to get in touch: opencall@imermaid.eu and we’ll get back to you shortly!

Download the draft contract template here

Important notice

Please note that this expression of interest to participate in the iMERMAID Open Call evaluation as an external expert is NOT binding and does NOT constitute any commitment to the iMERMAID  project.

The selection of the experts to support iMERMAID in the evaluation of the Open Call will depend on the number of received proposals, their origin, the domain that they target as well as the origin of the potential evaluators, their affiliations, their expertise and the balance between various criteria (e.g. gender, background, affiliation type, age, expertise etc.).

Any questions?

Write to us at opencall@imermaid.eu